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It will erase ALL partitions and data on the drive. Good for erasing corrupted or unusual partitions.

Z - Zero Fill - Wipes out the data on the drive.

Usually used to find and repair bad sectors.

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L - Long test - Full scan of the drive.

(If DST is not supported, Seatools runs a read test).

S - Short test - Runs a Drive Self-Test (DST) test against Seagate drives.

D or 0-9 - Switches drives - Select which drive to perform actions on (see device area for correlating number).

See here the varying elements of the old version's testing screen.

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Once you agree to the license terms the testing screen will appear. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll. Read the agreement and press Y to accept the terms and continue to the testing or press N to exit the program. Once you have booted into SeaTools a license agreement will appear. Click View log to open the log file once the test is complete (won't show much more than what is on the screen). POH - Power on hours displayed and Drive temperature in Celsius.Drive status and supported features displayed.

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Model number and Serial number for drive selected.

īelow is the Results and Progress screen: It can be used to recover bad sectors and erases all data.

Full Erase - Fills the entire drive with zeros.

Timed Erase (10 second, 20 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes) - Handy for when quick zerofill just doesn't get it all (ie, in case of boot loaders, etc).

This option requires one second to complete. Erase Track Zero - Quick Zero fill to erase the data and partitions from a drive.Set Capacity to MAX - Used to resize drive to full capacity (does not bypass the Limit Capacity Jumper).Set Capacity manually - Limits drive to a specific number of Logical Block Addresses (LBAs), useful when replacing an unusual drive size in a RAID.Set Capacity to 32GB - Limits drive to 32GB for use on Pentium 3 or older systems.Acoustic test - Spins the drive down so you can determine if noise in a system is caused by the drive or by something else.This is usually used to find and repair bad sectors. Long test - Runs a full scan of the drive.If DST is not supported by the drive, Seatools runs a read test.

Short test - Runs a DST test against Seagate drives.

This will take you to the main menu page. There are three different ways to use SeaTools for DOS:Īt bootup, you will see an End User License Agreement: Please use SeaTools for Windows to test external drives. This utility will not detect external drives. See Document ID: 184971 or the user guide for your computer for information on changing boot sequence. If it doesn't boot from the media the boot order may need to be adjusted in the computer BIOS.

Once the bootable media has been created then boot the computer with the media in the drive. Just copying the files to a CD will not work the file must be burned as an image to the CD. View Document ID: 201431 for details on burning the.

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EXE file downloaded from the Seagate web site and follow the on-screen instructions.Ĭreating a CD using the bootable CD image.

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In order to use SeaTools for DOS choose to download the floppy diskette version or the bootable CD image version.įor the floppy diskette version you will need one 1.44MB floppy diskette. This is the walk-through for both the old (text) and new (GUI) version. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate or Maxtor disk drive and any non-Seagate disk drive. Step 4: Press the download button and save the file to your desktop.SeaTools for DOS is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine what is preventing you from accessing data on your desktop or notebook computer. Note: By pressing accept you are stating that you agree and fully understand the documentation. Step 3: When asked to accept the terms and agreements press accept. Optional: Here you can also download the SeaTools for Windows to run via the Windows environment. Step 2: Once there click the Downloads tab at the top. Step 1: Click on the SeaTools link: SeaTools | Seagate There are two methods of running SeaTools: a blank CD or a blank USB device, both of which will be explained below. This test will work on both desktops and notebooks and will test all hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD).īelow I will be going over the DOS edition of SeaTools alternatively you can use SeaTools for Windows if you have access to Windows on the malfunctioning PC. SeaTools for DOS is an easy-to-use test that can help determine what is preventing you from accessing your data on your hard drive or help determine why the hard drive is failing.

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