Segate External Hard Drive How to test it

[zillah]

I have got an external segate hard drive that connected to my laptop through USB cable, I doubt that there is a problem, then I decided to test it by using : Segate seatool utility (windows version not dos version) that I have downloaded from segate site.

I can see the external hard drive :
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7627/segateutilitysd3.jpg

But the test option is unavailable!!!!

Is there any other utility that can test such a USB connected HD ?

I knew that we can connect faulty hard disk directly to the mother and then run the test from CD or floppy, but this is not feasible in my case

[Midknyte]

Seagate Seatools would be the app of choice, since you're running a Seagate drive.

Did you try a different USB port? Did you try the test on another computer? I've had seatools do some funky things on certain chipsets, but that was the DOS version.

What is the model number of your external? Is it powered solely off the USB port?

[zillah]

Did you try a different USB port? Did you try the test on another computer?
Yes, and same thing happened.

Is it powered solely off the USB port?
Yes it is.


What is the model number of your external?
I will find out that and post it