Another MacBook hard drive dies due to Seagate 7.01 firmware issue
This is no trick-or-treat folks! Check NOW to see if your MacBook (most common in White or Black MacBooks from 2-3 years ago) has a Seagate 7.01 hard drive before it’s too late! I just put another one (including client’s important lost data) into a body bag to send back to Apple. With this model there are NO clean room recovery options!
Read my previous Blog post to learn if you have one installed or not.
I’ve had two clients in as many days lose all of their data due the fact that the Seagate 7.01 installed in their White or Black MacBooks kicked the bucket. In the first case the Seagate 7.01 hard drive was installed as “replacement” for a previously failed hard drive by the Apple Store. In the second case the young man who owned the White MacBook had important school work on it that was due today. Sadly he did NOT have a back up.
Here’s a picture from Wired.com that shows the damage that can be caused if the drive fails:

This is a case where the hard drive appears to be destined to “FAIL”, but hard drives of ALL makes and models fail all the time. It is super critical to have you data backed up, and on a tested and functioning back up at all time. See our web page http://www.HardDrivesDie.com
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