how to update firmware manually on seagate HDD

[ajayvats]

Dear All,

I wuld like to know how can i update a firmware on a seagate hdd manually / forcefully ? because the auto firmware update .iso downloaded from seagate works only once on a hdd and second time it checks the current version and cannot rewrite the same version.

Wish to know for some reasons. have a spare low capacity hdd to perform practical.

thanks in advance.

[BlackST]

NATURALLY you know that you can brick your HDD at the point it will be unusable (for you) AND / OR that different FW - especially but not only UPDATES - are made FOR A REASON and a drive running with different NON SPECIFIC FW develop "strange" problems very soon, including loss of data.

[hddguy]

the auto firmware update .iso downloaded from seagate works only once on a hdd and second time it checks the current version and cannot rewrite the same version.

If update is already installed, why you need to update it again?

[loki]

the auto firmware update .iso downloaded from seagate works only once on a hdd and second time it checks the current version and cannot rewrite the same version.

If update is already installed, why you need to update it again?

Maybe they are thinking along the lines of "if the drive has a firmware issue then by reapplying the firmware it will sort it?"

[fzabkar]

Here is the general principle:
can-update-sd15-barracuda-7200-t16855.html

Here is the utility I use to make sense of the configuration file:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/HDD/cfsdecod.exe

I strongly advise against applying retail firmware to an OEM drive (eg Dell, HP, Apple), or vice versa, unless someone else has been successful in doing so. Many people have rendered their drives inoperable in this way (including other brands, not just Seagate).

I would also examine the update matrix and look for any signs that your existing firmware may not be a suitable candidate for the update. For example, Seagate warns that applying CCxx firmware to an SDxx drive will render it inoperable.