• SeaTools Bootable USB *NOT IMPRESSED*

    From pedro1492@lycos.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 26 22:59:45 2020
    I have used the Seatools for DOS burnt to a CD for yonks.
    But sometimes it floundered with new hardware, either not seeing any
    disk drives, or keyboard not working.

    So got the new SeaTools bootable creator and put it on a USB thumb drive.
    It booted up on a system where the old CD was no good, and I was able to
    run the long test. So far so good.
    But when I click on serial number to get the drive info, it says
    Power-on Hours: 0
    This was for a used WD disk, but the old Seatools for DOS would read those properly.

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  • From Shadow@21:1/5 to pedro1492@lycos.com on Mon Jan 27 10:09:56 2020
    On Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:59:45 -0800 (PST), pedro1492@lycos.com wrote:

    I have used the Seatools for DOS burnt to a CD for yonks.
    But sometimes it floundered with new hardware, either not seeing any
    disk drives, or keyboard not working.

    So got the new SeaTools bootable creator and put it on a USB thumb drive.
    It booted up on a system where the old CD was no good, and I was able to
    run the long test. So far so good.
    But when I click on serial number to get the drive info, it says
    Power-on Hours: 0
    This was for a used WD disk, but the old Seatools for DOS would read those >properly.

    Try using the Manufacture's program.

    https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=2

    //Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS
    File Size: 224 KB
    Version: v5.27
    Release Date: 10/2016

    Data LifeGuard Diagnostics is designed to test the physical condition
    of your hard drive. This utility is designed for drivers larger than
    8.4 GB with model numbers starting with WDxxx. This program is
    designed to work only in a DOS booted environment. //

    I made a collection of all the various "testers". Some will
    run on other makes, some are egoistic.
    []'s
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    Don't be evil - Google 2004
    We have a new policy - Google 2012

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