This situation has improved and Seagate now offers firmware updates as a routine matter for the general support of your Seagate drive. This situation, in part, was based on a lack of friendly firmware download tools and operating system limitations. Until recently, firmware updates for typical desktop and laptop computers were difficult and somewhat risky. Please note that Seagate does not offer details about specific firmware. Firmware for legacy products will be the final release from manufacturing. If newer firmware is available for your drive, it will reflect the improvements we have engineered for the latest manufacturing.
Please check in regularly to determine if new firmware is available for your drive. Every drive family has a couple of firmware releases during the life of the product. Like any software, firmware is improved over time and problems are also fixed. Seagate recommends applying new firmware to enhance the performance and or reliability of your drive. Having the latest firmware can improve performance and or reliability of your product. Your drive is eligible for a firmware update? This is a help post for seagate windows firmware update utility which may be downloaded from seagate firmware update pages.
