Seagate and Western Digital are separate companies. Perhaps you are confusing Seagate's acquisition of Maxtor in 2006? On 11/7/2016 10:36:56 AM, "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote: >The bad news is that Seagate bought WesternDigital years ago, so they >are pretty much the same drive, but with different faces. >