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informationweek.com - 1/15/2009

Seagate Cuts Jobs, Slashes Executive Salaries -- Executive Compensation -

— informationweek.com — Seagate Technology is cutting thousands of jobs and slashing executive salaries by as much as 25%, as... the disk-drive maker grapples with the economic downturn that has hammered sales of personal computers that use the company's products. In a ... (more) Seagate Cuts Jobs, Slashes Executive Salaries -- ...

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theregister.co.uk - 1/16/2009

Seagate customers swamped by Barracuda drive failures • The Register

— theregister.co.uk — Barracuda failure map Countries affected by the Barracuda firmware failure. (Map from user DerSnoezie on MSFN forum.)... (more) Seagate customers swamped by Barracuda drive failures • ...

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theregister.co.uk - 1/19/2009

Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw • The Register

— theregister.co.uk — After reports that its 1TB Barracuda drives are failing at an unusually high rate, Seagate says it... has isolated a "potential firmware issue" that would seem to be the cause of this worldwide plague. The company will provide a free firmware upgrade for ... (more) Seagate isolates 'potential' Barracuda flaw • The Register

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Firmware issue of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 and DiamondMax 22 Hard Drive
D' Technology Weblog — Once a drive has failed, the data is inaccessible to users. If you’re using Seagate hard drives from the following families may fail when the host system is powered on. Seagate has isolated this issue to a firmware bug affecting drives from these families manufactured through December 2008.  Barracuda 7200.11 DiamondMax 22 Barracuda ES.2 SATA SV35 More info: Firmware Recommendations for Seagate Drives [207931]

Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug
Engadget — ... 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, and Barracuda ES.2 SATA drives could make the disks ...

Seagate learns important PR lesson: keep the customers happy!
Scobleizer — ... As part of our commitment to customer satisfaction, we are offering a free firmware upgrade to those with affected products. To determine whether your product is affected, please visit the Seagate Support web site at http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931. ...

Seagate Reverses Course, Offers Free Data Recovery for Borked Barracuda Hard Drives [Seagate]
Gizmodo — ... Seagate's got a support page setup now where you can check if you've gotta one of the susceptible-to-death drives and download the firmware update that'll supposedly innoculate it against the brickage. If your drive is already borked, you get to the go through the fun support process to get your free data recovery—the screwy firmware doesn't actually kill the data on the drive, so Seagate should be able to get it back, no problem. ...

Seagate issued fix for failed drives, offers free data recovery
SlashGear — ... Seagate is also providing supports via email and online tools to determine affected drives. If you have one of the products mentioned above, it’s time to check it here. ...