i had 3 seagate free towers gone bad and then for good measure i brought a portable 320 gb black with firmware problems as soon i put into the computer it goes crazy i hope the market hurts seagate really bad i now have lost over 1tb of content with no back up my own fault all disk under 18 month use very light use lets hope they see ch 11 very soon no bailout for them make this happen do buy from a bad company and also back up happy xmas