A Windows version and a bootable, DOS-compatible version of the Fujitsu Diagnostic Tool are offered. Fujitsu Diagnostic Tool:Ī free hard drive testing tool made specifically for Fujitsu hard drives is called the Fujitsu Diagnostic Tool. Only Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000 are listed as operating systems that are supported, yet we successfully used HD Tune in Windows 10 and Windows 8 despite these limitations. You may do a benchmark read test, a self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology health check, and an error scan with HD Tune. With HD Tune, a Windows-based hard driver testing program, you can use any internal or external hard drive, SSD, or memory card. Windows 2000 through Windows 7 are stated to be compatible with Free EASIS Drive Check however, we also successfully tested it in Windows 10 and 8. I therefore surmise that ' A Long Time' is longer than a short while, but less than 3-4 Hours per TB.When either test is finished, the report can be read directly from the application, set to be emailed to you, or printed. The SeaTools manual does mention that the ' Erase Overwrite Full'' will take ' A Long Time'.īut, in another section, few paragraphs later, ' A Very Long Time' is defined as 3-4 Hours per TB. Napkin Math says, that's way longer than it should take.

Using SeaTools bootable, I started the drive format using the ' Erase Overwrite Full'' ( SeaTools Manual) approximately 22 Hours Ago at the time of this posting.Ĭurrently (22 Hours In), the drives are less than 30% through the format.

(which has proven it's stability in previous installations). Since I was using Seagate Drives, I decided to use Seagate's SeaTools ( Link To SeaTools) to perform a low level format of my Seagate ST2000NM0001 2TB drives.īefore Formatting, I decided to remove as many variables as possible, connecting 8 of 12 drives to the motherboard's on board 2008 SAS controller. So, I ran into the exact problem described in this thread from 2014.įollowing along, OP claims to have solved his issue by using Western Digital's tools, and zero filling the drive.

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