You know who you are http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=61015.0 
Seagate has suffered some pretty horrific problems in the last month
http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/01/seagate-offers-firmware-fix-for-faulty-hard-drives.ars
So Seagate has joined the club in having problems like all the other manufacturers 
Seems that you failed to mention that Seagate has gone the extra mile to address this
single issue and has both a diagnostic procedure in place to see if indeed there is a hard drive inaccessibility problem present and a firmware fix for those who do. Mmm, Seagate is doing the right thing by it's customers and addressing the issue,,,,
free of charge. I find it strange that you embellished things w/o providing all the facts in your post.

Probably too busy banging your head against the wall maybe?

Cheers,
Robin