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Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug
engadget.com - 1/19/2009
Seagate offers fix, free data recovery for disks affected by firmware bug
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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 "inaccessible when the host system is ...
seagate.custkb.com - 1/18/2009
Seagate Knowledge Base
— seagate.custkb.com — Firmware Recommendations for Seagate Drives [207931] (more) Seagate Knowledge Base

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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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Scobleizer:  Seagate learns important PR lesson: keep the customers happy!

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Seagate learns important PR lesson: keep the customers happy!
Scobleizer — ... have troubles with your Seagate drives, let me know. I’ll find out what’s up, as I did in this case. It might take a day or two but we’ll get you taken care of. This is one reason I love Seagate. They’ve always taken care of problems for me and I love their products and we use them all over the place (and I’ve bought most of my own Seagate drives too, both before and after they’ve been a sponsor). Here’s the details they just sent me (Engadget also covered this news): ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seagate has ...

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