electronista.com - 1/13/2009
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A chronic firmware problem is triggering failures in Seagate's current-generation Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives, according to owners in the company's forums, NewEgg buyers and elsewhere. The disk series, particularly the 1TB model, reportedly suffers from a bug triggered on boot that incorrectly ...
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theregister.co.uk - 1/16/2009
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1TB Seagate Barracudas Collapsing A Gogo, Users Say [Fail]
Gizmodo —
... 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. The company—which has been deleting messages from customers reporting on the problem left, right, and center—has offered a software fix, but it's saying that people are not entitled to any other kind of compensation or replacement. I smell class-action lawsuit. [The Inquirer via Electronista]
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Users reporting Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1 TB hard drive failures
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The drives, labeled ST31000340AS and with firmware SD15, seem to be failing at a rate far above average. We talk a lot about backups, using both online solutions and external hard drives, but we know how hard it can be to actually get around to making them. Especially if you haven't yet lost any important data, there's a very strong "it'll never happen to me" voice that can be hard to quiet. Now you might finally have a good reason to take the plunge, especially if you have a 1 TB Barracuda from Seagate, as we're finding reports of dozens of spontaneous drive failures.
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Seagate 1 TB Barracuda users report failures
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Seagate 7200.11 Drive Failures - Official Answer from Seagate
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Seagate Fix Causes More Problems - Computing News
news.digitaltrends.com 1/22/2009 — Seagate has admitted that a fix for some of its Barracuda disk drives is itself faulty, but says it won't cause a data loss. On Sunday, Seagate issued a firmware update to resolve issues with some of its Barracuda disk drives. Yesterday it issued an ...
Try, try again: Seagate issues a second fix for 7200.11 hard drives
betanews.com 1/22/2009 — Seagate Technologies spokesperson Michael L. Hall gave Betanews an update this afternoon on the company's situation with its Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives, which have been failing in record numbers. Hall acknowledged that some units manufactured up ...
Seagate offers solution to 7200.11 hard drive failure epidemic
obsessable.com 1/18/2009 — A simple firmware update will prevent the failure, but if it's already happened then things get a little more complicated. If you own one of those Seagate hard drives we found out were dropping like flies yesterday, it's possible that you can ...
Tick tick tick... significant number of Seagate hard drives failing
tuaw.com 1/21/2009 — It hasn't been a great year so far for care companies and banks. Now, add Seagate to the list of enterprises facing unexpected challenges. The big manufacturer of hard disks reports that a 'small' number of Barracuda 7200.11 drives are failing. Once ...
Seagate's Cheetah adds new spots —
The Register 1/13/2009
New disk drives, business as usual While coping with the executive disarray of changing its CEO and COO, Seagate has also found time to announce a couple of new disk drives - an 800GB Cheetah 15K drive along with a new 10K rpm version.…
Seagate cuts go deep —
The Register 1/14/2009
3,000 axed - not 800 Going further than its previous 10 per cent US workforce cut targeted by a recent SEC filing , Seagate has made another filing saying 6 per cent of its worldwide workforce will go and executives and other professionals will ...
Seagate to cut 6 pct of global staff —
SFGate: Technology 1/14/2009
Seagate Technology is cutting thousands of jobs and slashing some employees' salaries by as much as 25 percent, the company said Wednesday, a surprise move coming just two days after Seagate changed chief executives and announced it was cutting 800 ...
Seagate to cut 6 percent of workforce —
SFGate: Technology 1/14/2009
Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, said Wednesday it will cut 6 percent of its global workforce and reduce some employees' salaries by as much as 25 percent, as it struggles in a woeful business climate. The announcement by ...
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