Someone in that thread mentioned using Seatools for OS X, which I cannot seem to locate.Ī call to Seagate resulted in their tech recommending I install the drive in a Windows box, boot from the floppy and run DOS SeaTools to zero the drive. It was replaced by Seagate and the new one is just as bad. I posted in another thread about how poorly a new Maxtor/Seagate 500GB SATA 3.5GB drive was performing under Leopard. A Full Review of Seagate SeaTools, a Free Hard Drive Testing Tool. It's also available for Linux and Mac operating systems as well as included in a couple of LiveCD/LiveUSB programs. These hard drive test software programs will do just that: test your hard drive for problems. A list of free hard drive testing programs.
