After seeing your message, I looked it up and downloaded and installed it. SeaTools is for Seagate 8XI didn't think about the possibility of Western Digital having their own diagnostic tool.
Seagate seatools vs dban code#
If SeaTools gave you a diagnostic code when it failed, write it down, request an RMA and see what Seagate has to say about it.Įdit: Hmm, you might want to use WD's diagnostic tools on a WD drive. SED drives are identifiable by a PSID number on the drive label. This feature is called Seagate Instant Secure Erase (ISE). Seagate Secure Self Encrypting Drives (SED) now offer the ability to very quickly erase all data on the drive. Professional data recovery shops only trust their repairs long enough to get the data off the drives. Provides instructions for using the Seagate Instant Secure Erase function with Seagate Self-Encrypting drives. The only people who stand a decent chance of fixing them are people who know them inside-out: the manufacturers. There is very little in them that even knowledgeable hobbyists would be able to repair without most likely making something else worse. No reallocated, pending or uncorrectable errors so there does not appear to be anything obviously wrong with the drive as far as SMART data can tell. Sorry.If I'm not mistaken, the drive only came with a 1-year warranty, and I bought it three years ago. If it has no warranty left (warranties vary some are 1 yr, some 3, and a few are 5) then you will need to buy a new hard drive. I have not heard of any "permanent" fix for a bad hard drive. Save it somewhere: the 'cloud', flash drive, another hard drive.That noise you hear is the drive starting to die and the test confirmed it. DBAN (free) all platforms (requires burning to CD or a USB stick).
Seagate seatools vs dban software#
If that software has produced a diagnostic code, see the steps below. In my experience, anytime one of WD's or Seagate's hard drives fail their test it is failing or about to, and needs replacement. The recycling process does not include the deletion of data and TechCollect cannot. Seagate Manager, Maxtor Manager, OneTouch Manager, and SeaTools have diagnostic software built into the program that can test the functionally of the drive. I can't help you with the HDDScan, but you DO need to call WD if that HD is still under warranty.
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