Galirand

Thank you jaclaz for your answer, I was afraid the answer would be something like that . But it is good to hear it from someone other than seagate themselves. I guess the 7200.11 series had more problems than just the firmware. It's just so vexing that the data sectors most likely are fully intact, I just can't access it.

I got a Seagate 7200.11 1GB drive with firmware version SD35. I suspect the BSY-bug since it worked just fine until I rebooted the computer and then the BIOS just didn't find the hard drive at all. It does however have another symptom. When I start my computer the drive sounds like it's spinning up and then spins down over and over again. This happens even if I put it in another computer. Does this mean my drive is simply broken or could it still be the RDY-bug? Seagate claims SD35 isn't afflicted with any firmware bugs, but I don't know if I can trust them.....