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 Post subject: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 17th, 2015, 11:04 
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Hello.
I want to Upgrade my Segate HDD but can it destroy all data and partitions?

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 17th, 2015, 12:17 
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hack3rcon wrote:
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I want to Upgrade my Segate HDD but can it destroy all data and partitions?

Thank you.


Normally it shouldn't but if something goes wrong it can brick the entire drive !!!

So if you don't have any good reason to do so, do not update the firmware and also pelase DO BACKUP the data first anyway.

What is the model of the drive you want to update the firmware from ?

Sometimes there might be a good reason to update firmware, like to fix known bugs, but we are talking about Seagate here, so if your drive is newer then 7200.10 (7200.11 and newer) best advice is to toss that garbage on the bin and buy a decent drive like newer Hitachi or Samsung (NOT SEAGATE-SAMSUNG).

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 17th, 2015, 15:57 
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I recommend that people avoid the EXE versions of Seagate's updates and choose the CD ISO versions instead.

The EXE versions appear to violate the hard drive by temporarily replacing the MBR boot code with Seagate's own. I assume this is to allow Seagate's updater to gain full control of the drive during the update process. The problem with this approach is that sometimes the MBR does not revert to its original state, rendering the data inaccessible.

The CD ISO version is safe because it has its own bootable environment (FreeDOS or Linux).

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 18th, 2015, 0:46 
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My HDD model is "ST500DM002-1TB".

How can I obtain ISO CD ?


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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 18th, 2015, 3:54 
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Why do you want to "upgrade" the firmware?

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 20th, 2015, 7:47 
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Sometimes Windows show me an error about HDD and ask me to Backup my data because of HDD is corrupted. I did check disk too but problem not solved.


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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 20th, 2015, 10:28 
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I very much doubt it's anything to do with the firmware, more like the drive is failing :-(

If you don't need the data, just get a new drive.

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
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hack3rcon wrote:
My HDD model is "ST500DM002-1TB".


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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
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hack3rcon wrote:
My HDD model is "ST500DM002-1TB".

:lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
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northwind wrote:
hack3rcon wrote:
My HDD model is "ST500DM002-1TB".

:lol:

Doh, It's the 002 version...it multiplies the 500Gb with x2 :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Can Firmware upgrade Delete all files on partition?
PostPosted: May 25th, 2015, 3:36 
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hack3rcon wrote:
Sometimes Windows show me an error about HDD and ask me to Backup my data because of HDD is corrupted. I did check disk too but problem not solved.

Examine the drive's SMART report with a tool such as CrystalDiskInfo:

http://crystalmark.info/software/Crysta ... dex-e.html

Look for reallocated, pending, or uncorrectable sectors.

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