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Certain Seagate Drives having Problems.
AMDZone Frontpage —
Certain Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives are failing prematurely - actually, any failing should be deemed as premature. The Inquirer reports that they simply just lock up.. They have power and they spin up, but they won't boot. I have three 1TB Seagates in my computer - If I have problems, I will let you guys know.
Major concerns for all Seagate 7200.11 1TB owners!
TweakTown News RSS Feed —
... other words, there's power, spin-up, but no detection to enable booting. There's no official stats out there yet, but one RMA middle man has said failure rates are heading up around 30 to 40% and climbing. Sure, you can RMA your drive, but you can kiss all your data on it goodbye when doing so, unless you pay thousands of dollars for a data recovery specialist to sort you out first; a good reason for the many in the Seagate forums to be filled with rage. The full story can be read here . ...
Mass failure of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives?
DV Hardware —
... The Inquirer claims Seagate desktop Barracuda 7200.11 HDDs are failing at an alarming rate, the reporter claims especially the 1TB units are hit hard and some sources state the failure rates of these Seagate drives are as high as 30-40 percent. ...
1TB Barracudas failing in droves, users claim
The Tech Report: News —
... months of use with no warning signs—they just mysteriously vanish from the POST screen after a reboot. In an extreme case, one user posted to say two of six 1TB Barracudas from his three-month-old RAID setup bit the dust, and he returned eight days later to complain of a third failure. Another user says he suffered only two weeks after buying the drive, and at least one member has complained of a similar problem with a lower-capacity drive running the same firmware. The Inquirer reported on the failures yesterday, claiming the issue has to do with a "faulty firmware ...
Seagate 500GB Barracuda HDDs having high failure rates
TG Daily - Hardware News —
... ). This is only a performance issue, according to Seagate. Reported countries affected by drive failures so far (in red): Image See The Consumerist , the early reporting at The Inquirer (January 13) and ...
