README-previous_firmware.txt                              Revision: 07-Oct-2025
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 Seagate Firmware
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Thank you for downloading firmware for your Seagate product.

The firmware files found in the folder "previous firmware" are provided as a
courtesy to support customers with unusual requirements.

Seagate products are run by firmware.  Having the latest firmware can improve
performance and or reliability of your product.  Seagate recommends applying
new firmware to enhance the performance and or reliability of your drive.  Like
any software, firmware is improved over time and problems are also fixed. 
Every drive family has a couple of firmware releases during the life of the
product.  Please check in regularly to determine if new firmware is available
for your drive.

There are few reasons to move back to an older version of firmware.  The most
common reason is when a large system with many drives of the same model are
running well on a previous version.  For example, a system is running version
0002 on many drives of the same model.  The latest firmware is version 0003 and
newly purchased drives are manufactured with 0003.  System administrators may
prefer to put the new drive back on version 0002 because it matches the current
population in their system and that's how they like to do things.  This is just
an example and is not a recommendation as mixed firmware versions is normal and
common.

Be very careful when updating firmware. Power failure during a firmware
download will cause data loss. Never apply firmware to a drive unless you are
certain that the firmware data file is specifically prepared for your drive.
Seagate is not responsible for lost user data.

If this is your drive, you should always keep a current backup of your
important data.

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