SeaTools' Drive Identification - External drives that connect to the system through USB, 1394 Firewire, or eSATA do not have the same background activity as the internal drive.
This is harmless to the drive and a routine condition of use however, it causes the SeaTools tests to take much longer time to complete. This is harmless to the drive and a routine condition of use however, it causes the SeaTools tests to take much longer time to complete. When that happens, SeaTools will temporarily suspend its current progress while the drive is busy. Otherwise, Windows will continue to give the disk drive commands to access data for the needs of the other applications. The main reason for this is to keep the drive focused on SeaTools as much as possible.
Isolate SeaTools - close all other applications before running a hard disk diagnostic.
If you have a SeaTools for Windows icon on your desktop, simply launch the program from here. Launch SeaTools by following these steps once it is installed: Tutorial for the use of SeaTools for Windows, explaining the most common features:
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