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 ...

The storage vendor has been fielding customer requests for help with some of the hard drives in its Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22, and Barracuda ES.2 SATA families. The issue, in which under some ...

Seagate continues to mess up. Several of the firm's Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives were having trouble with a firmware bug, last week we reported that the hard drive maker had released a firmware ...

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Good news! Barracuda 7200.11 owners can now download a new firmware fix that (hopefully) won't brick their drives. Seagate has put out yet another statement with the latest on the bricking fiasco: ...

Hard disk drives use firmware, which is a combination of hardware and software, to determine how to operate. The firmware is a built-in chip on the device that contains programming code. You can ...

Seagate has hit a serious snag with many of its 7200.11 hard drives where the firmware had an issue that could lead to the drives unceremoniously denying access to data on the drive. While the fact ...

Poor Seagate. Late last week, the news broke that their Barracuda 7200.11 1TB drives were failing en masse. Admirably, the company’s already published a firmware fix, but maybe they pushed it out a ...

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, ...

Seagate announces the availability of the latest firmware for the GoFlex Satellite that adds Internet, longer battery life, and support for more concurrently connected devices. Former CNET editor Dong ...