Seagate firmware update bricks 99.9% 500 GB 7200.11 Barracudas

[AgentGOD]

I've got 5x 1TB 7200.11s in raid5 with all my data on it now Time to backup, and check my serial #s when I get home. Went with Seagate for the 5 year warranty, maybe it wasn't worth it.

I'm the OP, and as I said, I've had a 500 GB 7200.11 die from the original bug. I'm currently using one that is from a Seagate RMA (it says Recertified drive on it).

It would seem I can't even find the 7200.11 500gb drive even listed for sale at newegg right now either, they do have the 7200.12 500gb listed though.

It's back now:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148288

They pulled it before. Now we can add more negative reviews about it. I've already added mine, I gave it 1 egg because one of mine failed.

Both my 500GB drives bricked, should have read this thread before doing the update Anyone have any ideas on how I could recover my data? Only one drive has data I want off it, and there is about 350GB worth of stuff on it. Is SpinRite my best bet?

SpinRite is most likely useless to you at this point, this is a firmware issue. The only way you can hope to recover it is if the HDD is still being detected by the BIOS, and you flash the firmware to an older revision. Otherwise, you'll have to RMA it, and possibly opt for the free Seagate data recovery service.