Hard Drive Lifespan: Seatools for DOS

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  • momaka
    master hoarder
    • May 2008
    • 12175
    • Bulgaria
    #21
    Re: Hard Drive Lifespan: Seatools for DOS

    Originally posted by Agent24
    Personally I don't use Seatools or any manufacturer-specific tool unless it's for a specific reason.

    The reason is that Seatools doesn't give a damn about SMART, unless it's 'officially' tripped.
    Hitachi Drive Fitness Tool is like that as well.
    I only use it to perform low level formats on IBM/Hitachi HDDs and occasionally perform a fitness test.
    But even the fitness test doesn't tell me that much, because I've tested HDDs that I know are definitely going bad (bad sectors and/or high load/unload cycle count and constant clicking) and Hitachi DFT reported them as good.

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      • Agent24
        I see dead caps
        • Oct 2007
        • 4970
        • New Zealand
        #22
        Re: Hard Drive Lifespan: Seatools for DOS

        Yeah I think most if not all the diagnostic tools are like that

        HDAT2 is the best choice in my opinion as it does pretty much everything you need, on any drive.
        "Tantalum for the brave, Solid Aluminium for the wise, Wet Electrolytic for the adventurous"
        -David VanHorn

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