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In case you missed it, there is a warning on the Ace Lab blog about the Seagate Rosewoods. They are saying that special features in the firmware require handling these drives in a different manner than you might some other families. Reset SMART could lose data! Here are things you should not do because it could clear media cache and lose customer data for good.
1) Don't recount translator (ATA or Terminal)
2) Don't clear G-List
3) Don't reset SMART
4) Don't spare heads in ROM
1) Don't recount translator (ATA or Terminal)
2) Don't clear G-List
3) Don't reset SMART
4) Don't spare heads in ROM