Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I'm not entirely sure how I or anyone else would know if they were getting any of the issues especially as the last 2 are fairly woolly to say the least:
* Improved drive error handling
* General stability improvements
I have no idea how errors (if any) are being handled or if that needs improving. Neither do I know if my stability is currently affected and will be improved.
I feel that Crucial should either be issuing this only via a support request where they deam it necessary for a particular user or they should be issuing a blanket, 'recommended for all users' statement which is generally what happens with other firmware upgrades from other manufacturers if approriate.
Its worrying for me (with a depth of IT knowledge from 2+ decades of work experience) to see such statements, so I shudder to think what the 'average user' will make of it. Surely improved error handling and stability should be at the heart of Crucials products? ergo: this update is required by all users.
I for one am trusting my data to a Crucial product that I hope will provide me with as good a performance as is possible. Issuing generally available firmware updates with little or no advice on whether to apply them or not seems a little irresponsible.
At present I'm caught between 'if it aint broke dont fix it' and 'I want the best possible performance and relaibility from my system'. My worry is that I'll upgrade and something will either break or affect the data already on the drive and I won't notice until its too late to do anything about it with a backup.
Regards
Radar
