Advanced question for running DOS programs on a Mac.

So what is a simple process on a Windows machine seems to be a challege on my new Mac.
In summary I have several hard drives laying around that need to be checked for problems before they are used. There are lots of free DOS programs available for PCs that do just that. Many are provided directly by the hard drive manufacturers themselves (ie Segate SeaTools) and they are fantastic. Macs unfortunately can't run DOS programs (without hacks like rEFInd) and none of the manufacturers provide Mac compatible software. Looking on the internet everyone points me to Disk Utility to check drives, but compaired to something like SeaTools, Disk Utility is useless. I found Micromats TechTool Pro 6 which comes close to what I need except its expensive and has lots of features I don't need.
I want to avoid installing windows in bootcamp or a VM just to do this one simple task. Very frustrating that it seems like im the only one wanting to do this with a Mac.

Did some more research and figured out these are my options:
-Find a mac alternative (few out there, most very bacic, or very expensive)
-use rEFInd (which is in beta, and modifies OSX)
-bootcamp (which doesnt allow BIOS access to select a dvd DOS program, so doesnt help. Also, mac doesnt use legacy usb and keyboard drivers so you cant use keyboard/mouse in most DOS programs)
-Vmware
So to me my best option was to use Vmware. Installed on a USB hard drive to save space and configured VMware bios to boot from selected .iso of a disk and it worked. Successfully ran SeaTools and because VMware emulates legacy mouse/keyboard it worked.
One problem though. SeaTools for DOS doesnt work from USB sata adapter, and considering its a macbook air im out of luck.

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