 Screenshot of SeaTools for Windows 1.4.0.2. It has detected three hard disk drives, one of them (the second) is a Seagate Technology model for which it is designed. Three tests have been run on disks. In order: S.M.A.R.T test, short self-test, short generic test. | |
| Developer(s) | Seagate Technology |
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| Initial release | January 30, 2007 |
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| Operating system | DOS Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | .NET Framework |
| Available in | English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | www |
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. It can perform short and long drive self-tests and read/write tests, extract S.M.A.R.T. indicators 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.[1][2]
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