Re: SeaTools FREE disk utility from Seagate - go get it!
 

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:17:26 +0100, Linker3000
<Linker3000@youkaytwodotnetuk2.net> wrote:

>If you haven't come across SeaTools then hop over to Seagate and
>download a FREE copy - you can make a two-floppy disk set that boots
>into some useful disk diagnostic and repair utilities for ANY make of
>disk, not just Seagate.

That's very nice, but having booted up using the floppy disk, what
next? It comes up with a DOS prompt and a blank screen.
There's just a few .COM files, no EXE files, no suggestion of anything
like help or a menu.

Re: SeaTools FREE disk utility from Seagate - go get it!
 

Jack wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:17:26 +0100, Linker3000
> <Linker3000@youkaytwodotnetuk2.net> wrote:
>
>
>>If you haven't come across SeaTools then hop over to Seagate and
>>download a FREE copy - you can make a two-floppy disk set that boots
>>into some useful disk diagnostic and repair utilities for ANY make of
>>disk, not just Seagate.
>
>
> That's very nice, but having booted up using the floppy disk, what
> next? It comes up with a DOS prompt and a blank screen.
> There's just a few .COM files, no EXE files, no suggestion of anything
> like help or a menu.
>
If it doesn't boot into a menu then you probably have a corrupt diskette
- maybe you reused some old ones? This happened to me the first time I
made the diskettes and I redid a new set and they worked fine.

L3K

Re: SeaTools FREE disk utility from Seagate - go get it!
 

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:07:37 +0000 (UTC), Linker3000
<linker3000@youkaytwodotnetuk2.net> wrote:

>Jack wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:17:26 +0100, Linker3000
>> <Linker3000@youkaytwodotnetuk2.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If you haven't come across SeaTools then hop over to Seagate and
>>>download a FREE copy - you can make a two-floppy disk set that boots
>>>into some useful disk diagnostic and repair utilities for ANY make of
>>>disk, not just Seagate.
>>
>>
>> That's very nice, but having booted up using the floppy disk, what
>> next? It comes up with a DOS prompt and a blank screen.
>> There's just a few .COM files, no EXE files, no suggestion of anything
>> like help or a menu.
>>
>If it doesn't boot into a menu then you probably have a corrupt diskette
>- maybe you reused some old ones? This happened to me the first time I
>made the diskettes and I redid a new set and they worked fine.

Thank you, you are correct. I have used new diskettes and I now get a
menu. Strange that there were no errors displayed in the creation of
the original diskettes, and that the boot disk appeared to be doing
something and didn't display any error messages.