Hmm.....okay, let's wait and watch....
BTW, with hddguy's words, I have an another nice idea..
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Maybe I should send all my 7200.11 drives to them, get them to do the work, and pass on the data
How about the drives, with severe scrach on platters, or one of the head is broken...and will need a nice amount of time/tension/money to get the exact compatible part and do the job, but are still being detected (I get these sort of drives, maybe all gurus do)..so, The Idea is...
I can make the drive being detected by 0 LBA in (As, it's the only criteria to be qualified for the free recovery, ofcourse after verifying the serial no.) then, send it to Seagate, get the data for free, and charge the customer a handsome amount for the valuable data...
I know, I am sounding strange (OK, Read: Bad).......but hey, it's Seagate who is offering Free Recovery......
And if Seagate denies, There are also possibilities for some legal proceedings (Miss you Duncan), as a point, there is no way for an end user to determine, which category his faulty drive falls in...as, no end user has terminal to diagnose the real problem....
Seagate WILL have to do the free recovery......