OT: Seagate HDparm ? ...

[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

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "RJK" <[email protected]>

| 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

 

[RJK]

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]

From: "RJK" <[email protected]>

| 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.

 

[RJK]

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