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Seagate Barracuda Drives Failing at Alarming Rate
Overclockers Club news Feed —
... If you own a Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive, you may want to backup your data...soon. Barracuda drives made in Thailand (ref. ST31000340AS with firmware level SD15) have been failing all over the world, and owners are, not surprisingly, more than a little perturbed. If you have one of the suspect drives it's definitely recommended that you upgrade its firmware. Waiting to see if your hard drive fails is not wise, as if it does, the BIOS won't recognize it, thus preventing you from performing a firmware update. Seagate has yet to release any official ...
Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug
Engadget —
... After a ground-swell of angry Barracuda owners voiced concern over their failing disk drives, Seagate has fessed-to the issue. According to Seagate, a firmware bug in Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22, and Barracuda ES.2 SATA drives could make the disks "inaccessible when the host system is powered on." Right, inaccessible -- Seagate assures owners that data is not lost (it's still on the disk). However, should data loss occur, it's providing a free data recovery service. Hit the read link to find out if your drive is affected. If so, a link is provided to contact ...
Western Digital's 2TB Caviar Green hard drive launches, gets previewed
Engadget —
... (Samsung) and Barracuda 7200.11 (Seagate), the WD managed to hold its own, which is saying a lot for a drive of this magnitude. Check the full release after the break. ...
Seagate rolls out low-power Barracuda LP hard drives
Engadget —
... Seagate's Barracuda drives have been plagued with a few problems as of late, but it looks like the company is doing its best to push the line in a fresh new direction with its just-announced Barracuda LP series, which promise to cut down on power consumption without making too many compromises in performance. Specifically, Seagate says that the drives will use up to 50% less electricity than standard hard drives, while also cranking out 5,900 RPM, along with an average latency of 5.5ms, and a 32MB cache. No word on what so of premium, if any, they'll demand, but ...
