Brad P wrote:
> I bought a 750GB 1-2 weeks ago and it needed the update. I did it asap. So a
> drive bought even recently ay need it.
Get the firmware directly from Seagate. Not from your friendly
local Torrent. Some users are bricking perfectly good
drives, by using the wrong firmware. By using the services
of a Seagate customer services person, you stand a better
chance of getting the right firmware.
Paul
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> "William" <> wrote in message
> news:Ge- ion...
>> An unusually high number of drive failures has been reported, causing
>> Seagate to institute a free data recovery policy for early adopters of the
>> 500GB, 750GB and 1TB drive models.
>>
>> "A firmware issue has been identified that affects a small number of
>> Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive models which may result in data
>> becoming inaccessible after a power-off/on operation. The affected
>> products are Barracuda 7200.11, Barracuda ES.2 SATA, and DiamondMax 22."
>>
>> I purchased one of these 500gb Barracudas from NewEgg last year.
>> Fortunately I had a serial number that was not on the list. The odd thing
>> is - if you have one of these drives, you need to apply the firmware
>> update BEFORE the problem manifests itself or it's data recovery time.
>>
>> Check it out at:
>> http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/cr...p?DocId=207931
>>
>> Worth the trouble to check out.
>>
>> William
>>
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