is there any tool or program from seagate to check my external hard drive health

[Yusuf Il]

I just want to be sure my new external portable hard drive is healthy before start using it

and does that program safe ?

 

[junkeymonkey]

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/

 

[Vexillarius]

There is, here you go: http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/

EDIT: Ninja'd

 

[Yusuf Il]

does that tool cause any data loss ?

 

[junkeymonkey]

follow the directions and it and it should be fine as long as you don't run a part of it that will I never used Seagate hd's just wd

 

[Yusuf Il]

just onother question my Seagate expansion has no smart test support
but in a short drive self test it pass without any proplems
can that mean the drive is ok and no bad sectors in it ?