Windows 10: SeaTools for DOS - Hard Drive Diagnostic

How to: SeaTools for DOS - Hard Drive Diagnostic

How to Check Health of Drive with SeaTools for DOS


Information SeaTools is an easy-to-use that helps you determine what could be wrong with your machine. This tool works with all hard drives (NOT SSDs).

This tutorial will show you how to launch the SeaTools for DOS HDD diagnostics from a disc using Windows Disc Burner.



Warning Make sure you have your data backed up!


CONTENTS:

• Part One: Download and Burn SeaTools for DOS to Disc
• Part Two: Boot from and Use SeaTools for DOS Disc
• Part Three: SeaTools for DOS Results

Part One [/i] Download and Burn SeaTools for DOS to Disc
1) You can download the ISO for SeaTools for DOS versions directly here:
Download
2) Insert a blank unformatted disc into your CD drive.

3) Right click or press and hold on the Seatools ISO file, and click/tap on Burn disc image.

4) Make sure you pick the correct DVD drive.



5) Check the Verify disc after burning box.



6) Click/tap on Burn. Be patient as it burns the software.







Part Two [/i] Boot from and Use SeaTools for DOS Disc
7) To boot from your newly created disc, you can:

• go into your BIOS and change the boot order to your disc drive
• or you can use the BIOS boot menu option.

8) Once the tool is all loaded you will see a License Agreement screen, click "I Accept"






9) In this tool there are 3 different parts of the test. Most of the time short will be just fine; however, if you were advised to use the long test, then I would do so.

• Short
• Long
• Acoustic

Part Three [/i] SeaTools for DOS Results
10) There are a few results you will get:

Passed

If everything passes then you are good to go, and do not need to continue.





Failed

A) Select "Done"

B) You will want to select the "Repair this one and ALL remaining" option. This will attempt to repair the bad sectors of the drive.








Passed after repair
This means that it successfully repaired everything. Now that it has passed, your HDD should be good to go.





Failed after Repair

If it fails after repair, then you cannot do anything but back up your data, and get a new drive.


I hope this was helpful! There will be edits to come to make this more informational!

:)

 

Lost data from hard drive, what to do now?

Well, I'm sorry to hear that it's a WD My Passport that failed on you, @tomhenry ! *Frown
I'd recommend you to try using a different USB cable with it and see if that will help your system to detect it without it disconnecting.
I'd also suggest you to go to Disk Management and see how the drive is listed there. It won't hurt to check up on the health and SMART status of the HDD by running the QUICK and EXTENDED tests from the WD's Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. Here's a link to the available software: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=11ZOpD

Give these troubleshooting steps a try and keep us posted with the results!
SuperSoph_WD

 

missing hard drive

Try in Device Manager choosing Driver tab, then Update Driver, then Automatic. If that doesn't work then try Update Driver, Browse, then Let Me Pick. Try all previous drivers in the list.

If those fail try Roll Back button, if not present try Uninstall again, restart PC to see if it shows up in Disk Mgmt, issue it a letter.

See if it can be detected by Seatools bootable diagnostics long test from Seatools created here:

http://blog.nowherelan.com/2013/04/04/boot-seat...

User manual:
https://www.seagate.com/manuals/software/seatoo...

There are also diagnostics built into HP and Dell by powering up while pressing the ESC and F12 keys respectively. Other testing tools here:

https://www.lifewire.com/free-hard-drive-testin...

 

Will SeaTools for Dos recognize usb hard drives ?


Consider running Sea Tools for Windows:

How to use SeaTools for Windows
http://www.seagate.com/support/downl...ls-win-master/
How to use SeaTools for Windows
SeaTools | Seagate Support Deutschland

And see if you can run other drive testing software:
HD Tune: HD Tune website
HD Sentinel: Hard Disk Sentinel - HDD health and temperature monitoring
Crystal Disk: CrystalDiskInfo - Software - Crystal Dew World

 

PC says hard drive is corrupt.How do I resolve this?

I would have liked the exact words it shows and when.

Test the Hard Drive.

Go to your Computer Manufacturer's website > look for your Computer's specifications > find out brand of Hard Drive > go to Hard Drive Manufacturer's website > find and download Hard Drive Diagnostic software and make a Bootable disk from it on the Computer
you are using to get here, following their instructions > test your Hard Drive to see if it has failed.

And you can also use this Method to test your Hard Drive:

"SeaTools for DOS"

SeaTools | Seagate Support Deutschland

"SeaTools for DOS tutorial"

Anleitung für SeaTools for DOS | Seagate Support Deutschland

"How to use SeaTools for Windows"

Verwendung von SeaTools für Windows | Seagate Support Deutschland

 

Testing hard drive(s) for errors

I also found this (God I'm lazy sometimes! LOL):

"SeaTools for Windows
SeaTools for Windows has replaced SeaTools Online and PowerMax. SeaTools for Windows is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine the condition of the disc drive in your external hard drive, desktop or notebook computer. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate or Maxtor disc drive and any other non-Seagate disc drive.

SeaTools for Windows tests USB, 1394, ATA (PATA/IDE), SATA and SCSI drives. It installs onto your system. SeaTools for Windows is completely data safe."

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools