I feel bad asking this because Im sure its been covered in 160 pages, but here goes anyhow: I had a Seagate 750GB HDD disappear in Windows last week. Doesnt appear in BIOS either, and noticed when it was hooked up (Ive unhooked it for now) that the HDD light was on solid. From what Ive been able to find out on the issue, this sounds like the BSY state bug. However, Seagate tells me that based on my serial number, my drive is not affected...they say there is a firmware update available, but my drive is not affected by this particular firmware issue. The person I spoke with believed I probably just had a failed drive...talked like they had identified all HDDs affected by this issued, but from what I have found in this thread, it sounds like theyve been a little less than honest on this issue. My question is, will the method mentioned on this board work for me, or is my only chance of recovery through a data recovery service?