How do I update the hard drive's firmware?

[TheSlider]

Hi all,

The site offers a firmware update for seagate hard disk

http://files.hddguru.com/download/Firmw ... s/Seagate/

(The one on the bottom - 8h_SD1A.zip )

How do I use it?
How to update the firmware of the wanted hard drive?

Thank you very much!

[pcimage]

The drive has to be in full working order to apply the firmware.

It's a firmware UPDATE, not a repair.

[fzabkar]

I would advise you to avoid HDD Guru firmware downloads.

Instead, the most recent firmware updates are available from Seagate's web site:
http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/mes ... ad.id=8968

There are Windows versions and CD ISO (FreeDOS) versions.

If your drive is suffering from the BSY bug, let us know.

[guru]

Why don't you contact Seagate support. They should be able to help you.

[TheSlider]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.
How do I know if my problem is the "bsy bug"?

thank you guys!

[unknown]

Just connect it to your PC and see what will happen.

If detected normally ( with real capacity ) then your drive is (approx.) working fine, if not detected or detected but with 0MB then you have to fix your drive first then update the firmware.