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engadget.com - 1/20/2009

Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug

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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 ...

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seagate.custkb.com - 1/16/2009

Seagate Offers Firmware Fix for All Problematic Barracuda 7200.11 Hard Drives

— seagate.custkb.com — Welcome, Seagate hard drive owners. A number of Seagate hard drives from the following families may become inaccessible when the host system is powered on: Barracuda 7200.11 DiamondMax 22 Barracuda ES.2 SATA (more) Seagate Offers Firmware Fix for All Problematic ...

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theinquirer.net - 1/13/2009

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing

— theinquirer.net — SEAGATE'S FLAGSHIP desktop Barracuda 7200.11 drives, in particular the 1TB (ST31000340AS) units, are failing at an alarming rate and prompting outrage from their faithful customers. A new self-bricking feature apparently resides in faulty firmware ... (more) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives failing

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monster-hardware.com - 1/25/2009

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— monster-hardware.com — Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB HD SATA Hard Drives For most of us (HD Video enthusiasts excluded) long gone are the days of racing to replace your hard drive because you are out of space. So frustrating was the lack of space and glacially slow access times ... (more) Hardware

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Tick tick tick... significant number of Seagate hard drives failing
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... and others say their drives match the numbers and aren't sure what to do without a viable firmware updater. I tried to call Seagate myself this morning and after navigating the inevitable phone tree a recording said they were too busy to take my call. I'll bet they are. Seagate did say today they will fix any defective drives and they will provide a free data recovery service. That is nice but it's a time consuming and troublesome process. ...

Seagate rolls out low-power Barracuda LP hard drives
Engadget — ... 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 you'll apparently be able to get 'em in 1TB, 1.5TB, and 2TB varieties ...