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. 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. you will hear bursts of static if there is a bad power source somewhere near where you live.Tutorial for the use of SeaTools for DOS, explaining all of its functions and options including how to zero-fill internal drives. Another good tool is good radio set to a weak AM station. Set up a small lamp in a darkened room to see if you see momentary dimming when any electrical device turns on in the house or apartment. And since it is Winter, and Windy, consider also storm related voltage errors, brown-outs, and such.ĭo not discount such household appliances as refrigerators and furnaces. temporarily bypassing them to go straight to the wall. so trade out with another drive for your tests.Īlso, if you use a power strip or a power sentry, check them carefully as well. But just like anything else, they can develop a bad chip which will cause intermittant inteferrence. Seagate is the most reliable of drives, in our experience. You only good choice is to borrow or otherwise trade out the power supply to see if the problem is there or elsewhere in your system. The DST error is the report for power off or a reset.
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