Seagate has promised to issue a fix for the latest Barracuda bricking fault within 24 hours.

This will be firmware to fix the firmware (SD1A) that was issued to fix the firmware (SD15) that caused some 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 drives and others to stop working. The SD1A firmware caused 500GB Barracuda 7200.11s to stop working.

In all cases Seagate assures its customers that none of their data on the drive should be lost as the firmware faults render the drives inaccessible but doesn't cause corrupted data on the drive.

Seagate says that: "This firmware upgrade will be available on the Seagate website within 24 hours"

It adds that: "Seagate is working with customers to expedite a remedy."