Apple Recalls Some iMac Seagate 1TB Hard Drives

imacApple has begun sending emails about a new hard drive recall, called the iMac 1TB Seagate Hard Drive Replacement Program:

Apple has determined that a very small number of Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems, may fail under certain conditions. These systems were sold between May 2011 and July 2011.

Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) will replace affected hard drives free of charge.

Apple is contacting affected iMac owners who provided a valid email address during the product registration process to let them know about this program. If you have not been contacted, but think you have a 1TB Seagate hard drive, you can enter your serial number below to see if it's part of this program.

Apple encourages owners with affected computers to go to an Apple Retail Store, an Apple Authorized Service Provider or contact 800-APL-CARE.

The recall will continue for one year: "Apple will replace affected Seagate hard drives, free of charge, until July 23rd, 2012. Apple will continue to evaluate service data and will provide further extensions to this program as needed."

Top Rated Comments

Snookerman Avatar
161 months ago
If this becomes a scandal, will it be called Seagategate?
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Marx55 Avatar
161 months ago
Seagate drives fail too much. This has been a known issue for many years now. Avoid them like a plague!
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zen.state Avatar
161 months ago

how do i know if it is a seagate or wd harddrives?
Open system profiler and look in the SATA pane.

Seagate was once the maker of some of the most reliable HD's around but since about 2008 when the .11 series came out they have been nothing short of 2nd rate.

WD on the other hand is the exact opposite. A one time not so great company but now they are one of my favs. The Black series in particular.
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Yamcha Avatar
161 months ago
Good for Apple, but Seagate has been sucking lately, I recently bought a 1TB Seagate drive aswell just a few months back, and it has failed on many occasions, and performs pretty badly.. It's ok for storage but horrible for an OS..

Western Digital FTW.
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Rudy69 Avatar
161 months ago
WD in mine
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Wilbah Avatar
161 months ago
Dam im part of the program, but i haven't had any issues with my hard drive as of yet :confused:

Get it fixed... if its anything like similar Seagate issues I've experienced- the drive will show no signs of problems- it will just stop working.

I had a Seagate drive that was part of a recall program I didn't know about (I didn't properly register the drive)- there was a firmware issue on the drives that caused them to just stop working- I lost ALOT of work a result. I'm much more careful backing up, and properly registering products.

I know these companies are pretty much the same, but I personally have had nothing but bad luck with Seagate drives, I've had some WD go bad as well, but not the extent as with Seagate.
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