![]() POH - Power on hours displayed and Drive temperature in Celsius.Drive status and supported features displayed.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. EXE file downloaded from the Seagate web site and follow the on-screen instructions.Ĭreating a CD using the bootable CD image. 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. Ltd.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. Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications. Any use, derivation, dissemination, reproduction, or any attempt to modify, reproduce, distribute, disclose copyrighted material of Seagate Technology LLC, for any reason, in any manner, medium, or form, in whole or in part, if not expressly authorized, is strictly prohibited. All coded instruction and program statements contained herein is, and remains copyrighted works and confidential proprietary information of Seagate Technology LLC or its affiliates. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Actual data rates may vary depending on operating environment and other factors. ![]() Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (for more information, visit and controlled for import and use outside of the U.S. The export or re-export of hardware or software containing encryption may be regulated by the U.S. Actual quantities will vary based on various factors, including file size, file format, features, and application software. Quantitative usage examples for various applications are for illustrative purposes. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and will not be available for data storage. Your computer’s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. ![]() All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Spiral logo, and LaCie logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other countries. ![]()
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