dd should work on all.Seagate SeaTools is free hard drive testing software. For Linux and BSD, the procedure should essentially remain the same as Mac in principle, although the disk identifier & unmounting commands might be different. It is better to change the drive detection to IDE for it to work reliably.įor those looking to use the same procedure on a Windows machine, this link should help your out:

One thing that I have observed with the SeaTools is that if you have set the drives to be discovered through AHCI mode in your bios, it might not always detect the drives.

Your USB drive will now boot to SeaTools. G) Copy the contents of the SeaTools.img file to USB drive sudo dd if=Desktop/SeaTools.img of=/dev/disk1 In my case it was /dev/disk1.Ģ: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 249.4 GB disk0s2ģ: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3Ĥ: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 250.0 GB disk0s4ġ: Windows_FAT_32 KINGSTON 16.0 GB disk1s1į) Unmount the usb disk folder using the following commands in your terminal window: diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1 Make sure that you get the correct disk identifier. Note that any data on this drive will be completely erased.Į) Start your terminal window and find the USB drive identifier: diskutil list Open the mounted folder, and extract the SeaTools.ima to your desktop.Ĭ) Rename SeaTools.ima to SeaTools.img (Accept the warning dialog box)ĭ) Insert a USB drive that you will use. Simple double clicking should mount the file on your desktop. It is actually easy to do it on a Mac using the following steps:Ī) Download Seatools for DOS from Seagate site ( )ī) Open the iso file downloaded. Considering that CD/DVD drives are fast disappearing, and most computers these days support booting of a USB drive, it makes life easier if the the iso get converted into USB bootable. Seagate provide a iso file which needs to be burned to a CD.

Seagate SeaTools for DOS is a free hard drive testing software that runs independent from your operating system.

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