Seagate form free software "SeaTools for Windows" which can check hard disk serial number · bad sector repair · various tests The aforementioned " Fatal defects in Seagate hard disk firmware found to ...
I have a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent USB drive. I use it for backups. Every now and then I run the full disk scan in Seatools for Windows. Want to make sure my backup device isn't about to crap out on me.