Hello Rick, I am not sure if we can repair those. Although, I'm willing to give it a try and see.
There is a few fixes to the Seagate F3 HD's I do on a daily basis. I'm not sure if the fix will fix that problem. Clients do not tell us they Bricked the drive, LOL. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:18 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error & fix > > I have a quick question (I hope). > > I used the "drive and serial number" checking stuff at the Seagate site > a while back, (06-12-09) and found a couple drives that needed their > firmware upgraded manually BY ME, done locally, AND in ADVANCE of > problems with NEW firmware provided by the Seagate site for my SPECIFIC > drives. > > This was a proactive step to prevent the drive bricking itself. > (Hopefully.) > > Is this the same problem, but a manual repair to "un-brick" > a drive that was never firmware updated? > Sure sounds the same... > > Thanks in advance. Rick Glazier > > From: "Tim Lider" > > Here's a site that explains the fix a bit. Although they go > overboard. > > > > http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home > > > > Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info. IT > is > > a good site for info and tools for hard drives.
