OT: Seagate HDparm ? ...

[Guest RJK]

Anyone know where to find, on the Seagate web site, the utility dos program

for Seagate hd's (if one exists) / equivalent or similar to Hitachi's

HDparm, for setting accoustic characteristics etc. I've been searching for

ages and all I can find is the diagnostics / self test download. Though

it's beginning to look a little like accoustics are designed and/or handled

differently in some Seagates models.

 

TIA

 

regards, Richard

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: OT: Seagate HDparm ? ...

 

From: "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com>

 

| Anyone know where to find, on the Seagate web site, the utility dos program

| for Seagate hd's (if one exists) / equivalent or similar to Hitachi's

| HDparm, for setting accoustic characteristics etc. I've been searching for

| ages and all I can find is the diagnostics / self test download. Though

| it's beginning to look a little like accoustics are designed and/or handled

| differently in some Seagates models.

|

| TIA

|

| regards, Richard

|

 

I believe you are looking for SeaGate SeaTools.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest RJK]

Re: OT: Seagate HDparm ? ...

 

Much obliged, ...I did spot SeaTools but, it looked like it was a simply a

consumer "drive health" tool.

 

However I have downloaded it, stuffed in MS dotnetfx 2.0, and SeaTools,

which complains about an unhandled exception error !

It runs, after a fashion, and I notice there is a "Drive Settings" under the

"advanced" tab but, SeaTools.exe is not working properly.

Perhaps I should boot into Safe Mode and try it, ....perhaps I should look

for the dos based version, perhaps I should just wait for hd rubber rails to

arrive in the post, and continue scouring the web for a cheap Scythe

QuietDrive or Nexus Drive-a-way, ...I will NOT pay over £30 ! ....can get a

brand new HD for that !

 

....will fight with it later !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message

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> From: "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com>

>

> | Anyone know where to find, on the Seagate web site, the utility dos

> program

> | for Seagate hd's (if one exists) / equivalent or similar to Hitachi's

> | HDparm, for setting accoustic characteristics etc. I've been searching

> for

> | ages and all I can find is the diagnostics / self test download. Though

> | it's beginning to look a little like accoustics are designed and/or

> handled

> | differently in some Seagates models.

> |

> | TIA

> |

> | regards, Richard

> |

>

> I believe you are looking for SeaGate SeaTools.

> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/seatools

>

> --

> Dave

> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

>

>

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: OT: Seagate HDparm ? ...

 

From: "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com>

 

| Much obliged, ...I did spot SeaTools but, it looked like it was a simply a

| consumer "drive health" tool.

|

| However I have downloaded it, stuffed in MS dotnetfx 2.0, and SeaTools,

| which complains about an unhandled exception error !

| It runs, after a fashion, and I notice there is a "Drive Settings" under the

| "advanced" tab but, SeaTools.exe is not working properly.

| Perhaps I should boot into Safe Mode and try it, ....perhaps I should look

| for the dos based version, perhaps I should just wait for hd rubber rails to

| arrive in the post, and continue scouring the web for a cheap Scythe

| QuietDrive or Nexus Drive-a-way, ...I will NOT pay over £30 ! ....can get a

| brand new HD for that !

|

| ...will fight with it later !

|

 

Huh ?

 

Download the .ISO, burn and then boot from a CDROM.

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Guest RJK]

Re: OT: Seagate HDparm ? ...

 

Thanks again, ...sillly me - in too much of a rush, I downloaded and

installed the Windows version.

....just downloaded the SeaTools dos *.iso, from the Seagate link you kindly

posted me, and burnt one | booted up with it, and the only "accoustic" menu

option is to spin up, and spin down the drive - so that one can listen to

the difference !!!

 

I was hoping for something in the drives firmware similar to :-

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm#FeatureTool

....after digging around in here, I found a screen shot of a "dos graphical

menu" with slider bars, and a slider bar to reduce "seek" noise, with a

performance penalty of course, ...and wondered if there was something

similar in Seagate hd's, which there doesn't seem to be, but,

....it's not important, btw, :-)

 

Thanks again,

 

regards, Richard

 

 

 

 

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message

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> From: "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com>

>

> | Much obliged, ...I did spot SeaTools but, it looked like it was a simply

> a

> | consumer "drive health" tool.

> |

> | However I have downloaded it, stuffed in MS dotnetfx 2.0, and SeaTools,

> | which complains about an unhandled exception error !

> | It runs, after a fashion, and I notice there is a "Drive Settings" under

> the

> | "advanced" tab but, SeaTools.exe is not working properly.

> | Perhaps I should boot into Safe Mode and try it, ....perhaps I should

> look

> | for the dos based version, perhaps I should just wait for hd rubber

> rails to

> | arrive in the post, and continue scouring the web for a cheap Scythe

> | QuietDrive or Nexus Drive-a-way, ...I will NOT pay over £30 ! ....can

> get a

> | brand new HD for that !

> |

> | ...will fight with it later !

> |

>

> Huh ?

>

> Download the .ISO, burn and then boot from a CDROM.

>

> --

> Dave

> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

> Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

>

>