Comments on: MacBook Seagate 7.01 firmware hard drive failures http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/ Macintosh Consulting, Service, & Support Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:25:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MacMedics: It is time to retire PowerMac G4’s and G5’s at MacMedics Macintosh Service & Consulting Blog http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/comment-page-1/#comment-435 MacMedics: It is time to retire PowerMac G4’s and G5’s at MacMedics Macintosh Service & Consulting Blog Mon, 25 May 2009 15:39:46 +0000 http://www.macmedics.com/blog/?p=113#comment-435 [...] Don’t forget that if you’ve had a Mac in service for more than three years (any Mac), it’s time to retire and replace your internal hard drive! If a new Mac is not in the cards for you, do yourself a favor by being proactive, and retire your hard drive, before it kicks the bucket. We have a whole web page all about hard drive “retirement”. Check it out at http://www.HardDrivesDie.com. (We recommend hard drive retirement after 2 years of service in Apple laptops. Also don’t forget to check to see if you have the dreaded Seagate 7.01 firmware drive. If you do, replace it now!! Get details here.) [...] [...] Don’t forget that if you’ve had a Mac in service for more than three years (any Mac), it’s time to retire and replace your internal hard drive! If a new Mac is not in the cards for you, do yourself a favor by being proactive, and retire your hard drive, before it kicks the bucket. We have a whole web page all about hard drive “retirement”. Check it out at http://www.HardDrivesDie.com. (We recommend hard drive retirement after 2 years of service in Apple laptops. Also don’t forget to check to see if you have the dreaded Seagate 7.01 firmware drive. If you do, replace it now!! Get details here.) [...]

]]> By: New Year’s Resolutions: Back up your data (and test it) at MacMedics Macintosh Service & Consulting Blog http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/comment-page-1/#comment-381 New Year’s Resolutions: Back up your data (and test it) at MacMedics Macintosh Service & Consulting Blog Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:19:38 +0000 http://www.macmedics.com/blog/?p=113#comment-381 [...] P.S. If you have a MacBook check to see if you have a Seagate 7.0.1 firmware drive. These drives are prone to an unusual fatal hard drive failure. If you have this drive installed, MacMedics recommends that your proactively replace it. See our previous blog post on the topic here. [...] [...] P.S. If you have a MacBook check to see if you have a Seagate 7.0.1 firmware drive. These drives are prone to an unusual fatal hard drive failure. If you have this drive installed, MacMedics recommends that your proactively replace it. See our previous blog post on the topic here. [...]

]]> By: Rick Wahlers http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Rick Wahlers Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:39:02 +0000 http://www.macmedics.com/blog/?p=113#comment-63 My big question, is since Mac is aware of the problem, as is Seagate apparently, who is going to foot the bill for the replacement drive, and the software? Surely a 1500.00 laptop should be expected to last more then one year. Does Apple have any type of exchange program for these defective drives? It's bad enough I am loosing a years worth of data, but will they send a replacement drive to me? Rick My big question, is since Mac is aware of the problem, as is Seagate apparently, who is going to foot the bill for the replacement drive, and the software? Surely a 1500.00 laptop should be expected to last more then one year. Does Apple have any type of exchange program for these defective drives? It’s bad enough I am loosing a years worth of data, but will they send a replacement drive to me?

Rick

]]> By: Back up and secure your data! (Then test your back up system!) at MacMedics Blog http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Back up and secure your data! (Then test your back up system!) at MacMedics Blog Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:09:02 +0000 http://www.macmedics.com/blog/?p=113#comment-13 [...] this week we had 3 back-to-back cases of the Seagate 7.01 firmware failure. This type of drive failure make data recovery impossible. If you have this drive take steps to [...] [...] this week we had 3 back-to-back cases of the Seagate 7.01 firmware failure. This type of drive failure make data recovery impossible. If you have this drive take steps to [...]

]]> By: Dana Stibolt http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Dana Stibolt Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:47:30 +0000 http://www.macmedics.com/blog/?p=113#comment-11 Yes! We recommend that you replace the drive. See update in Blog post Yes! We recommend that you replace the drive. See update in Blog post

]]> By: lauren http://www.macmedics.com/blog/2009/03/07/macbook-hard-drive-failures/comment-page-1/#comment-6 lauren Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:39:54 +0000 http://www.macmedics.com/blog/?p=113#comment-6 my model # is not identical to the one in the screenshot, but it does start w/ ST and i do have revision 7.01. should i be replacing mine? my model # is not identical to the one in the screenshot, but it does start w/ ST and i do have revision 7.01. should i be replacing mine?

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