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 ...

What is SeaTools for Windows? SeaTools for Windows is a diagnostic tool developed by Seagate to test the health of your hard drive and determine if it is the source of system issues. It helps identify ...

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 ...

Kaspersky has some damning claims against HDD giants Seagate and Western Digital, where it has said that the NSA has spying backdoors installed onto the HDD firmware of the leading HDD manufacturers ...

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 ...

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 has confirmed a potential firmware problem with some of its Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives, along with related Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives based on the same platform. The company is offering ...