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Seagate Firmware Fix Turned Barracudas into Paperweights
4:00PM Elaine Chow | Seagate’s SD1A firmware update, meant to fix problems with its Barracuda 7200.11 models, only managed to make things worse—bricking the drives of those who bothered to install it. They’ve pulled the update pending validation. More »
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Seagate Reverses Course, Offers Free Data Recovery for Borked Barracuda Hard Drives
12:20AM Matt Buchanan | Seagate’s tone has softened since sites started reporting on the plague striking down its Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives. They’re not deleting threads anymore and are offering free data recovery services. More »
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1TB Seagate Barracudas Collapsing A Gogo, Users Say
8:19AM Jesus Diaz | It looks like the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive series is having serious problems Zune style, with a large number of them failing like crazy, specially the 1TB model. The problem seems to be firmware-based. More »
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