This is a discussion on Got a Seagate Harddisk ? BEWARE ! within the Computer Accessories forums, part of the Computer technology category; The seagate Barracuda 7200.11 family of harddisk have a problem with the firmware (embedded code in disk ) due to ...
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| The seagate Barracuda 7200.11 family of harddisk have a problem with the firmware (embedded code in disk ) due to which the data becomes inaccessable and also the disk may not be detected by OS or BIOS. Some of the other models manufactured by seagate like .ES , Maxtor may also be affected by this problem.(Note oly specific models are affected). If you have any these models please search on google to see if your specific model is affected. Quote:
Download and install this software (there are lots of s/w for this) Screenshot - the model name, serial number and firmware are the necessary details. Problem : Quote:
Seagate's explanation: (Technical Stuff , skip if unnecessary) Quote:
Recommendation from seagate (This was merely their official statement, they didn't honour it, all u will get is a replacement ) Quote:
The best thing to do if your disk is not affected yet, will be to take complete backup of data and get your disk replaced from seagate (if ur a pro, u can flash the firmware to the latest version). IF your HDD is already facing this problem, the solution is present in the source of this article, althought its not guaranteed to work ! However lots of people have reported success in recovering their data. Unfortunately, seagate has not fully accepted that the fault lies in its hardware, so when I tried to check in its website if my model was affected it denied that mine was affected(I tried in dec). So seagate's website may not be reliable. Also most of its forums are severely moderated. People report varying replies from customer support, so you may as well try your luck. source Last edited by just4kix; 05-26-09 at 11:22 PM. | ||||
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| Useful reference. Rep + |
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Obviously they are not honouring their own words, in which u would have already heard about, ( except in exceptional cases where their arms where twisted If your HDD has a problem maybe I can try to guide you or you can read article mentioned in the source above. | |
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| Thanks but the faulty HDD has already been replaced since it was under warranty. |
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| unfortunately no. |
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