SeaTools

[ctn555]

Running the latest version of Seatools and Windows 7 x86.

It displays the drive twice - 1 drive, 2 entries.

Is this normal behaviour?

In WinXP it is displays correctly as 1 entry per drive.

[ctn555]

I have uninstalled the hdd from device manager and let it be redected on boot and the issue still remains.

Every other tool only detects one hdd, is this a known compatability issue with Windows 7?

edit: also tried different intel chipset drivers with no luck.

Message Edited by ctn555 on 02-02-2010 05:35 PM

[gnutan]

  I noticed the exact same phenomenon. Under XP it was only one drive, under Win7 it shows two drives that behave exactly the same way.

[poppa_bear]

If it helps anyone, it worked normally (detected one of each drive) for me until I changed something.  I'm pretty sure it began happening after running Windows 7 startup repair.  But maybe it has something to do with PerfectDisk or Diskeeper.

[Cycloid]

Ditto here. Also, noted that Seatools for DOS only finds one drive.

[tooltime63]

I have the same problem but with a twist... Running Windows 7 64-bit, Seatools displays one of my drives twice and does not display my primary drive at all. The kicker???? The drive that's displayed twice is a Western Digital. The drive that doesn't show up at all is a Seagate! Running Seatools 1.2. I'm assuming it has something to do with not being able to detect my SATA drives. The WD drive is IDE. The Seagate drive is ST310005 28AS.

[Campo]

Same problem for me. My drive gets displayed twice in windows 7. Can someone from Seagate respond to this thread?

[Grim0x]

Greetings. Is it possible that this drive has been installed twice? (by either of the OSes).

Windows XP has what is called "hidden devices". I've not used windows in so long, that I cant recall right of the bat where the option to show these devices is. I recall it was pretty upfront in w2k.

Also, does this restrict work on the drive(s) in any fashion?

[poppa_bear]

It's not happening to me anymore, but I remember seeing that no drive was installed twice.

Here's how I may have involuntarily "fixed" it:

-Turning AHCI on/off

-Turning native mode on/off

-Uninstalling/reinstalling the controllers

-Reinstalling chipset drivers

-Various other stuff of that nature