[ubuntu-za] Seagate support for Ubuntu

[David Robert Lewis]

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.
>>
>>
>> ref:00D0hhzl.50036GX0w:ref
>>
>>
>> How can I insure this doesn't happen again? Should I take the drive back 
>> to the shop?
>>
>> Please help,
>>
>> DRL.
>>
>>   
>>     
> 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.