There’s a firmware issue with some Seagate 3.5″ SATA drives that can make the drive inaccessible. Go here to check to see if your drive is affected, and to get a free firmware update.
The firmware update fixes the original issue as well as compatibility issues from the Jan 16 firmware update initially issued to correct the problem.
The issue has been found on some versions of Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22 and Barracuda ES.2 SATA drives manufactured through December 2008.
[…] now released a new fix, which should get things going again for those of you with faulty 1TB and 1.5TB drives. Anybody out […]
Tengo instalado disco duro SATA2: Model: ST3500320AS, Serial: 5QM2Z3HZ, Firmware: SD15
Tengo dudas sobre necesidad de actualizar firmware.
“Thanks” Seagate guys. I bought a 500GB 7200.11 [ST3500320AS] in june 2008, and one day in october it was just like disappeared when I started the PC. And only now you’re notice that and starting to do something? I SPENT 250 EUROs for getting my data back from that HDD!
How is the 640GB version? Is it also affected?
La solucion en esos casos es la de enviar el disco a recuperar los datos en una empresa especializada. ONRETRIEVAL, ONTRACK, ONRESCUE, son algunas de estas empresas.
Trabajan con un altisimo porcentaje de efectividad y los costes van acordes al tipo de problema. En este caso, los barracuda 7200.11 los recuperan en 24 horas y cuesta unos 350 euros.
Sldos.