YOu can use the text document to send the report to professionals if you can't handle fixing the devices yourself. The app also does a basic firmware check and diagnoses any problems that it might have and saves the results to a 'DIAGNOSIS.TXT' file on your PC. The repair process only takes one click to fix all the firmware-related problems your device might encounter. Seagate Firmware Repair's interface is user-friendly and packs various functions that are intuitive enough to be used even by novices. The program doesn't destroy any data on the HDD, so you can use it to restore your device to its former self without worrying that your files will be lost in the process. Sometimes, these devices might suffer from various malfunctions, the more common symptoms being that the HDD is not correctly identified or not identified at all and the HDD freezes after its motor starts running, all of them making the HDD impossible to use at a certain point. If it does, you're golden.Seagate Firmware Repair is a software solution that is specialized on recovering your Seagate Barracuda VII drives by repairing any firmware issues (as its name clearly suggests) that they might have. SeaChest_Firmware -d /dev/sg0 -downloadFW EvansExosX16SATA-STD-512E-SN03.LODĪfter it is done you can run another scan and it should show firmware SN03. It should stay the same when you reboot, but it is possible it might change, so I'll repeat MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE HANDLE.ĥ - Once you know the handle, download the firmware with the following command, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT HANDLE AND FILENAME:

It should give you the same information in your third screenshot. But if you want to be double extra sure, type: After you boot from the usb, you are already where you need to be.Ĥ - It automatically scans when it boots up, so you don't really need to do it again as the README.txt tells you. In the firmware folder in your first screenshot is the file that you need to copy to the root directory of the USB:ģ - Don't type 'exit' that is what logged you out. I'll share instruction if you guys are interested.ġ - You need to boot back into windows and copy the actual firmware files onto the bootable USB stick you made. Seagate will allow you to update the firmware on its Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives through firmware provided on the companys support website.

I have done it! I found a guy who knew how to do it.

Seagate firmware updater