The Seagate SeaTools software is simple to use. See section 3.Advanced Tests and Features. Seagate Instant Secure Erase is available for Self-Encrypting Drives (SED), providing U.S government accepted media sanitization. Some typical reasons for No Problem Found are: * File System Corruption * Driver Corruption * Broken Master Boot Record * Virus and Trojan Attack * Spyware, Adware and Keystroke loggers * Hardware Conflicts In addition to diagnostics tests, SeaTools also offers several features to help you manage your storage product. This hard disk diagnostic utility will help you make that determination and possibly save you time and money and preserve your data. Before you send in a drive, it is in your best interest to determine if a replacement drive is really necessary. Returning a drive for warranty service means system downtime and inconvenience for you in packing and returning your drive product. Why Use SeaTools? After testing, a large percentage of the drives returned to Seagate for warranty replacement are perfectly good drives with "No Problem Found" (NPF). System Requirements (.NET 4.0 required) 10. Serial Numbers, Model Numbers, Part Numbers and Warranty 7.
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Advanced Tests and Features Firmware Update Download Firmware (SCSI, SAS and Fibre Channel only) Format (SCSI default format, 512 byte block size) USB Erase Boot Tracks Full Erase (SATA) SED Crypto Erase (Seagate Instant Secure Erase) 4. Setting the start up language preference G. SeaTools for Windows should run on both internal and external hard drives. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate, Maxtor or Samsung disk drive and any non- Seagate disk drive. SeaTools for Windows is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool that helps you quickly determine the condition of the disk drive in your external hard drive, desktop or notebook computer. Please read this entire file before using this software. This User Guide contains important information about SeaTools.
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This file and a PDF version are located in the folder chosen for installation (usually under C:\Program Files\Seagate\SeaTools for Windows\SeaTools for ) and are available for printing. 2, v Welcome to Seagate's SeaTools for Windows software! SeaTools for Windows is available in several languages (German, Spanish, French, Italian, English, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Russian, Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional). 1 SeaTools for Windows User Guide Copyright 2012 by Seagate Technology, LLC.