SeaTools
Encyclopedia
SeaTools is a computer
hard disk
analysis software developed and released by Seagate Technology
. It exists as a version for DOS
(bundled in a bootable medium with FreeDOS
) and Microsoft Windows
.
operating system. It can be downloaded as a bootable ISO image from the Seagate website.
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drives and is designed for use with servers and workstations by supporting tests of multiple drives simultaneously as well as sequentially.
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
hard disk
Hard disk
A hard disk drive is a non-volatile, random access digital magnetic data storage device. It features rotating rigid platters on a motor-driven spindle within a protective enclosure. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by read/write heads that float on a film of air above the...
analysis software developed and released by Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard disk drives. Incorporated in 1978 as Shugart Technology, Seagate is currently incorporated in Dublin, Ireland and has its principal executive offices in Scotts Valley, California, United States.-1970s:On November 1, 1979...
. It exists as a version for DOS
DOS
DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...
(bundled in a bootable medium with FreeDOS
FreeDOS
FreeDOS is an operating system for IBM PC compatible computers. FreeDOS is made up of many different, separate programs that act as "packages" to the overall FreeDOS Project...
) and Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
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Overview
SeaTools is a software to test and analyze hard disks on a hardware level. It can perform short and long drive self-tests and read/write tests, extract SMART and drive information and perform advanced tests. It was created by Seagate in response to the fact that more than one third of all drives sent in for repair were actually not defective at all, thus creating unnecessary costs for retailers and the company by having to ship and analyze such disks.SeaTools for DOS
SeaTools for DOS comes in a package with the FreeDOSFreeDOS
FreeDOS is an operating system for IBM PC compatible computers. FreeDOS is made up of many different, separate programs that act as "packages" to the overall FreeDOS Project...
operating system. It can be downloaded as a bootable ISO image from the Seagate website.
SeaTools for Windows
The Windows version of SeaTools supports any hard disk regardless of manufacturer. It supports analysis for disks connected via P-ATA/S-ATA, USB, IEEE 1394 and SCSISCSI
Small Computer System Interface is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. The SCSI standards define commands, protocols, and electrical and optical interfaces. SCSI is most commonly used for hard disks and tape drives, but it...
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SeaTools Enterprise
The enterprise edition is still provided as a legacy version for Seagate hard disks only. It supports only SCSI or Fibre ChannelFibre Channel
Fibre Channel, or FC, is a gigabit-speed network technology primarily used for storage networking. Fibre Channel is standardized in the T11 Technical Committee of the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards , an American National Standards Institute –accredited standards...
drives and is designed for use with servers and workstations by supporting tests of multiple drives simultaneously as well as sequentially.