vbrad511 Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Anybody have a Seagate tools program they use and like. I've searched and DL'd a couple things that didn't load correctly. I've got a 750gb drive that gets most of the way through formatting then fails. I'd like to see if there's a utility program that can fix the bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creakyjoints Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I thought HMMM??? Never heard of that brand of tools before. Really need a face palm emoticon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koulbreeze Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) D Edited March 28, 2013 by koulbreeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natallica Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 No kidding^^^ I just picked up a Seagate 2TB last weekend from Best Buy to replace my existing 1.5TB with "imminent HD failure". It failed every self test that came with its CD and it squealed and made grinding sounds right out of the box (once installed ) Took it right back and exchanged it for a WD 2TB Caviar Green (it wasn't the 2TB Black I wanted, but it was the same price as the Seagate) Koulbreeze knows his s***, so I'd do the aforementioned procedure to see if that helps. when all else fails go WD -N8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbrad511 Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 I've tried formatting 3 times. It gets to 100%, but before it actually finishes it throws me an error. Maybe I'll just 86 it and be done. it's an extra drive I figured I'd use it for extra storage, so I'm not really out anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Maybe it has bad sectors, are you doing a low level format?? Yes, WD drives have been more stable than Seagate, which bought out Maxtor and ruined them. Hard drives don't always last forever, so back up back up back up back up if you care about that information. I let my friend use my computer once, ONCE, and I don't know what he downloaded but he killed my WD hard drive... tried everything, fortunately it was still under warranty and they upgraded me to a 1TB. Although, that was only after sending me a DOA replacement... LOL... -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koulbreeze Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) D Edited March 28, 2013 by koulbreeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted October 14, 2012 Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 Nerding out!! When I had my 286, I was so jealous of my friend's 386 with the DX chip... I couldn't play any of the newer demos from PCMag, like Lemmings. I always dreamed of a DX4 machine. BTW, I still manage to bring up the DX vs SX in conversations... LOL. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zone Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I never used any tools provided with a drive, i use windows to format/install and finish.Also from my experience WD are the ones that suck and Seagate and Samsung is the best to go with. Back in the day of the 1st Xbox, Microsoft used off the shelf 7gb WD drives. Everyone i encountered throwing a error had a WD, the drive would seek, seek, seek.However i have a 1tb WD external i bought about 2 years ago, its been working but its showing its signs of problems. My 2 main drives ive had for over 4 years 2x500gb Seagates in RAID 0. Never had any failures. Most of the time when hard drives don't work it's when the product has been dropped/banged around before getting on the shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komeuppance Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Lol... I've used an 8gb WD Xbox harddrive that was riding around in my friends cloth back seat from a year, no antistatic, just sitting there sliding and banging around in the cold, heat, moisture and dust. But hard drive failures are inevitable, no matter what brand, some batches are better than others and you get lucky. External drives have a shorter MTBF rating from the manufacturers. -Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbrad511 Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 This drive failed in a buddy's desktop...about 3 years old, just quit. Gonna pitch it and move on. Not worth the headaches. Thanks for all the replies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 i have only work'd on 1 sea gate hard drive that i was able to restore,, i found a low level repair program from sea gates web site,the program took like 6 hours to run but it fix'd the hard drive , after that reformating when as expect'd with no problemsthe hard drive was not even mountable when the program start'd i've had 3 or 4 sea gate HD's fail out of 5 over the years and 1 out of like 20 WD hard drives fail , but i tend to stay with the 300 gig drives , i have 4 300-350 gig HD's install'd rigth now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Believe it or not, the absolute best disk tools are on any free Linux distribution disk. Suse is my favorite. You have total control of anything you want to do with the disk, including support for every format known to man. Just boot off it and let the disk setup launch. Close it when you're done and load your OS. The best part is the ability to make a bootloader for multiple Operating Systems/partitions very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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