SeaTools for DOS and Windows - How to Use

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  1. Arc
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    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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       #60

    I successful repair will give you enough time to copy the data and replace the disk. :) I would suggest you that if that disk is containing any data that is valuable to you then back it up. It may fail again.

    If you plan to wipe the disk entirely and redo the partitions etc, then Partition Wizard will be your tool to do it.
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  2. Posts : 1
    win 8.1
       #61

    Hello, not sure if this forum still active but here is my exp so far.

    I have to use sea tools dos and was able to start a long scan thx to all the pervious info from this forum.
    Currently is scanning a 1TB drive which has lot of bad LBAs, I noticed the long test will only fix 99 errors at a time.
    Once is repaired it will replied with passed after fix. But I'll have to start the long test again and it will pick up a new sets of 99 bad LBAs to fix. This cont. on for a while.... which is very time consuming coz you have to start from scratch after it fixed 99 bad sectors. Have anyone seen this behaviour? I was hoping for the "fix all long test" but I dont see it avil on the dos 2..23 version.
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #62

    If it was my computer I would save all my needed or wanted data to a external drive and replace the problem drive in question.
    If you keep testing the problem drive you might not be able to retrieve the data.
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  4. Posts : 1
    Win 10 64 bit
       #63

    Hi everyone found this by chance hope some one can help me
    I am having the same problem as guyver99 I keep on getting blocks of 99 repairs to be done by seatools. Do I keep on re running the long test until it clears all the disk errors?
    I am having trouble booting up windows so cannot access any files to back up, I would like to be able to boot up so I can back up and then replace the Hard Drive with a new one.
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  5. Arc
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    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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       #64

    Seatools attempts for a repair, but in the real world experience a repaired bad sector is not well functional.
    Let the process take its time. If the bad sectors are really repaired and the disk boots back, then you can access your data as usual.

    The time taken to repair the bad sectors may be long enough; after that long time it may report a success or a failure.
    Even if it is a success, run short test once again to verify that report.

    Even if seatools reports a success, prepare to back up your data and shift to another disk.
    If seatools fails to repair the disk, try to recover the data using this method: Emergency Kit - save your files from a dead OS
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  6. Posts : 19
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #65

    Booting from USB thumb drive problem


    I followed you fantastic tutorial and decided to create SeaToolsDOS on a USB thumb drive as I have been having problems ejecting dvd while in System Repair (which is also why I could not use the System Images I created...I couldn't get the Installation DVD to eject so I could insert them!). Everything appeared to have burned properly using the Win32DiskImager so I adjusted the Boot order, inserted the USB drive and restarted.

    Instead of booting to the GUI for SeaTools I am at a blank screen other than FreeDOS is in the upper left corner followed by a blinking cursor.

    Nothing will get me out of this screen. I cannot type anything nor can I Escape.

    What should I do now?

    *UPDATE: Not sure what the problem was with the USB option but I created the program on a DVD adn it booted in to the GUI perfectly, found no errors after running the Long Test and the Short DST. I am very grateful that my hard drive appears to be fine so that I can use it as a backup drive after upgrading to an SSD but now I need to figure out what the problem really is...I was certain it was hard drive failure!
    Last edited by djrobison22; 06 Jul 2016 at 00:30. Reason: question no longer applies
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  7. Arc
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       #66

    To boot from a USB device, you may need to disable Fast Boot and UEFI Secure Boot in the BIOS/UEFI Firmware Setup; if those are enabled.

    For a Sony VAIO, you may also need to enable "External Drive Boot" in "Advanced" field of the BIOS/UEFI Firmware Setup.
    Then Either Esc, or F10 or F11 (depending on the build; usually disclosed in the POST screen) will let you access to the Boot Menu. The USB device will be listed there. Select it to boot from it.

    If you are not having the disk issue, very good news. Please make a thread in a suitable area of the forum relating to your issue; some of your fellow members will be able to assist you.
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  8. Posts : 20
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #67

    I'm having a slight problem following along, as when I try to set the storage controller mode to IDE/SATA in order to run SeaTools, the only other available option is RAID.
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  9. Posts : 10
    Microsoft Windows10 Professional 64-bit Build 16299
       #68

    Hi!
    I know this is an old thread, but I hope someone else slogging through here with the same issue may find this helpful.

    My first question would have been "Have you tried ignoring the "wrong" AHCI setting?

    I am running Sea Tools for Dos right now (second attempt) on an older Dell laptop that did have an AHCI/ATA setting, BUT... while I was poking at it, I got to thinking about my wife's new (1 month old) Lenovo laptop, which I know has no such setting, and wondered how I would boot up this DVD if I ever had to.

    It turned out I didn't have to make any changes to the Lenovo's BIOS. Although It was set for AHCI, It somehow figured out that it had legacy disk and handled it properly. I do believe I ended up hitting F11/F12 alternately quickly at the start to get its attention and pick the CD/DVD drive, but then it booted, and recognized the internal disk.

    CONCLUSION:
    I'm beginning to think the new BIOS setups are not giving fewer choice just to be cheap. It might be because they are smart enough to figure stuff out that we used to have to set by hand.
    ... or maybe I'm just an optimist.

    --
    Jim
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  10. Posts : 2
    Windows 8.1
       #69

    I was instructed to do this over on the Eight forum due to system crashes. I've followed along everything and set the storage controller mode to IDE (it's under Compatible, but it says that'll set it to IDE?) but it doesn't work, it just takes me to Windows.
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