[ubuntu-za] Seagate support for Ubuntu

[Lee Sharp]

David Robert Lewis wrote:
> David Robert Lewis wrote:
>> Sudhashen Naicker wrote:

>>> Ultimate boot cd - linux based has the seagate tool on it - its just about 100mb. 

>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: David Robert Lewis
>>> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>>> ReplyTo: Ubuntu South African Local Community
>>> Sent: May 5, 2009 13:20
>>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] Seagate support for Ubuntu
>>>
>>> I purchased a Seagate Barracude 500GB SATA internal drive from Chaos 
>>> Computers last month and formatted it NTFS thinking this would be a safe 
>>> option. Needless to say, within weeks, my data was corrupted resulting 
>>> in the loss of valuable information. I managed to retrieve some of the 
>>> lost data using photorec, but am now stuck with the problem of not 
>>> trusting the drive or the combination of the drive and Ubuntu. There is 
>>> absolutely no support for Ubuntu from Seagate,
>>>
>>> This is the support response;
>>>
>>> Seagate Support wrote:
>>> Hello David,
>>>
>>> There is no Unbutu version of Seatools. You would have to test the 
>>> drives on a windows machine.

>> do you know how to use it? I have the disk.

> I guess the right support answer would be -- sorry we don't have an 
> Ubuntu version of Seatools /yet/ but you can use Seatools for DOS on the 
> Ultimate Boot CD. Please boot up your machine, choose the diagnostics 
> option etc...
> 
> I booted up, found seatools and one error on my drive which the 
> application claims to have fixed. Nice error, it really f-cked my data, 
> also the drive was running hot and I am inclined to agree with Lee - 
> Seagate have become Maxtor.

I have a 9 month old dead seagate drive on my desk right now...  A 
desktop 3.5 inch 80 gig SATA with lots of bad sectors...  Too bad, 
because they used to make good drives.

			Lee