seaTools for DOS utility

[freeflow]

after running seatools for dos long test ,it is supposed to give me an option for repair the drive, if it is a segate drive, but i have run the long test and it did not give me this option, has any body got an idea as to why?

Thanks

 

[drescherjm]

long test should read every sector and if there is a sufficient number of errors (determined by the vendor) it should tell you that the drive failed the test. I don't recall any repair option. With that said if you want to repair sectors a good way to do this is to overwrite them with a full format, The drive will automatically remap bad sectors when writing.

If you need to keep your data the best option is to copy the drive to a new one ASAP. A second option is a badblocks (linux utility) non-destructive test.