If it fails after repair, then you cannot do anything but back up your data, and get a new drive.Seagate SeaTools is an official tool from the maker of Seagate hard drives, designed to help you identify possible problems in your machine's disk drives, or any other external drive that you may connect from time to time. Now that it has passed, your HDD should be good to go. This means that it successfully repaired everything. This will attempt to repair the bad sectors of the drive. If everything passes then you are good to go, and do not need to continue.ī) You will want to select the 'Repair this one and ALL remaining' option. Most of the time short will be just fine however, if you were advised to use the long test, then I would do so.ġ0) There are a few results you will get: or you can use the BIOS boot menu option.Ĩ) Once the tool is all loaded you will see a License Agreement screen, click 'I Accept'ĩ) In this tool there are 3 different parts of the test.

go into your BIOS and change the boot order to your disc drive.

Part Two Boot from and Use SeaTools for DOS Discħ) To boot from your newly created disc, you can: Part One Download and Burn SeaTools for DOS to Discġ) You can download the ISO for SeaTools for DOS versions directly here:Ģ) Insert a blank unformatted disc into your CD drive.ģ) Right click or press and hold on the Seatools ISO file, and click/tap on Burn disc image.Ĥ) Make sure you pick the correct DVD drive.ĥ) Check the Verify disc after burning box.Ħ) Click/tap on Burn.

Part Two: Boot from and Use SeaTools for DOS Disc.

Part One: Download and Burn SeaTools for DOS to Disc.

Warning Make sure you have your data backed up! This tutorial will show you how to launch the SeaTools for DOS HDD diagnostics from a disc using Windows Disc Burner. This tool works with all hard drives (NOT SSDs). Information SeaTools is an easy-to-use that helps you determine what could be wrong with your machine. How to Check Health of Drive with SeaTools for DOS How to: SeaTools for DOS - Hard Drive Diagnostic

Using seagate seatools