[ubuntu-za] Seagate support for Ubuntu

[David Robert Lewis]

I purchased a Seagate Barracude 500GB SATA internal drive from Chaos 
Computers last month and formatted it NTFS thinking this would be a safe 
option. Needless to say, within weeks, my data was corrupted resulting 
in the loss of valuable information. I managed to retrieve some of the 
lost data using photorec, but am now stuck with the problem of not 
trusting the drive or the combination of the drive and Ubuntu. There is 
absolutely no support for Ubuntu from Seagate,

This is the support response;

Seagate Support wrote:
Hello David,




There is no Unbutu version of Seatools. You would have to test the 
drives on a windows machine.


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How can I insure this doesn't happen again? Should I take the drive back 
to the shop?

Please help,

DRL.