Seatools
Screenshot of SeaTools for Windows 1.4.0.2. It has detected three hard disk drives, one of them (the second) is a Seagate Technology model for which it is designed. Three tests have been run on disks. In order: S.M.A.R.T test, short self-test, short generic test. | |
| Developer(s) | Seagate Technology |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 30, 2007; 14 years ago |
| Stable release |
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| Operating system | DOS Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | .NET Framework |
| Available in | English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ |
SeaTools is a computerhard disk analysis software developed and released by Seagate Technology. It exists as a version for DOS (bundled in a bootable medium with FreeDOS) and Microsoft Windows.
SeaTools is developed by Seagate Tech., which is a powerful diagnostic utility featuring multiple types of tests and scans to measure out the disk drive health. The comprehensive testing mechanism will help you to find out complete disk condition along with offering some advanced options to fix issues in case of some bad test results.
Seatools Download For Windows
- SeaTools for DOS is a tool that can 'repair' bad sectors on your hard disk. But because it's DOS and all, it's uncomfortable to use now. But because it's DOS and all, it's uncomfortable to use now. This post shows how to do the same with other tools.
- The good news is these tools are nearly identical to the closed source version. The difference is the closed source version includes some capabilities not available in openSeaChest, such as Seagate Clean. SeaChest can also be found on the Seagate website. OpenSeaChest is the open source version of Seagate's SeaChest tools, available here.
- SeaTools for Windows installs on your Windows system. Use it to perform basic and advanced testing of any kind of drive—internal or external—from any manufacturer. For those looking for SeaTools Desktop, SeaTools Online, or Maxtor's PowerMax software, please note that the two tools above have replaced all three. Seagate now owns the Maxtor.
- Jun 16, 2012 SeaTools: 씨게이트(Seagate) 하드 디스크(HDD) 진단 도구 사용법 1. 프로그램 소개 및 설치 방법 1-1. SeaTools 프로그램은 하드 디스크 드라이브(HDD) 등의 상태를 빠르게 확인할 수 있는 진단 도구이다. Windows용과 DOS용 등이 제공된다.
Overview[edit]
SeaTools is software to test and analyze hard disks on a hardware level. It can perform short and long drive self-tests and read/write tests, extract S.M.A.R.T. indicators and drive information, and perform advanced tests. It was created by Seagate in response to the fact that more than one third of all drives sent in for repair were actually not defective at all, thus creating unnecessary costs for retailers and the company by having to ship and analyze such disks.[1][2]
SeaTools for DOS[edit]
SeaTools for DOS comes in a package with the FreeDOS operating system. It can be downloaded as a bootable ISO image from the Seagate website.
SeaTools for Windows[edit]
The Windows version of SeaTools supports any hard disk regardless of manufacturer. It supports analysis for disks connected via PATA/SATA, USB, IEEE 1394 and SCSI.
SeaTools Enterprise[edit]
The enterprise edition is still provided as a legacy version for Seagate hard disks only. It supports only SCSI or Fibre Channel drives and is designed for use with servers and workstations by supporting tests of multiple drives simultaneously as well as sequentially.
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References[edit]
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- ^Schmid, Patrick (16 December 2005). 'Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 Details'. Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^Cullen, Drew (11 June 2004). 'Punters kill healthy hard drives'. The Register. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
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Seatools For Mac
Hi,
I posted in another thread about how poorly a new Maxtor/Seagate 500GB SATA 3.5GB drive was performing under Leopard.
It was replaced by Seagate and the new one is just as bad.
Someone in that thread mentioned using Seatools for OS X, which I cannot seem to locate.
A call to Seagate resulted in their tech recommending I install the drive in a Windows box, boot from the floppy and run DOS SeaTools to zero the drive.
He also suggested that the drive may not be compatible with my Mac HW, which I find rather odd.
I don't have access to a Windows box and don't
have a floppy to run under Fusion.
Does a version of Seatools for OS X exist? (Perhaps on a CD).
If so, and if someone has a copy, can they share so I can try to get this drive thing sorted out?
I'm currently zeroing the drive with disk diskutility, which is taking 24 hours.
Out of curiosity, is there really a difference between zeroing a drive using different utilities and what might that be?
thanks