For those of us that are just buying these Seagate drives and have a windows machine handy to "fix" the drives.
Download Seatools and install it in the default directory.
Open admin command prompt and do the following, just the bolded commands
cd C:\Program Files\Seagate\SeaChest This sets the prompt to the correct folder.
SeaChest_Basics_x64_windows --scan Scans for the Seagate HD, get the Disk Number to fill in for XX, should be PDXX
SeaChest_Basics_X64_windows -d PDXX -i Gives you the info on the disk.
SeaChest_PowerControl_X64_windows -d PDXX --EPCfeature disable disables the EPC Feature
SeaChest_Configure_X64_windows -d PDXX --lowCurrentSpinup disable disables the Low Current Spinup.
REBOOT the Seagate Drive.
Once the drive is back up, do the following to ensure that the 2 features are disabled.
1. Open an admin command prompt
2. cd C:\Program Files\Seagate\SeaChest
3. SeaChest_Basics_x64_windows --scan Scans for the Seagate HD, get the Disk Number to fill in for XX, should be PDXX
4. SeaChest_Basics_X64_windows -d PDXX -i Gives you the info on the disk.
The info should be in the middle for the Low Current Spinup and near the end for EPC.