Recently I decided to try and upgrade the firmware on my Western Digital 350GB harddrive. I downloaded MyBook_Firmware_r1_08a from the Western Digital Site (it has since been removed from the location I downloaded it from on the 19th) . Only after I backed up all my data did I run the upgrade. At the time, everything was in order, but, 4 days later I go to use the drive again and it just sits there. After trying to get any machine to recognize the drive and scouring the Western Digital Support site I decided to call Support to see if they could help me 'roll back' my firmware. My warranty was out of date so I decided to gamble and shell out $14.95 for phone support. A total waste of not only my time but hard earned money! The assholes told me I needed to replace the drive (greedy bastards). I was infuriated and decided to see I could find the firmware version myself. About 4 google searches later I came across this blog:
DOOG BLOG - How to: Recover from a Failed MyBook Firmware Upgrade
It was more than I could have ever asked for! I was able to recover the MyBook Premium 350GB and it is back to it's old ways. I am so happy!
The downside of all this?
With this error I don't really trust this drive with active use (carrying it around) It will have to be assigned to intermittent backups at the homefront. I really did like this drive despite the fact that the Firewire never worked (the reason I bought it to begin with) but let's face it drives are cheap and I can now get a 500 GB for what I paid for 300GB 2 years ago. I digress.
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