information handling system hard disk drive firmware updates are initiated on a hard disk drive without disrupting operations of the information handling system . a firmware update is copied in executable form to the hard disk drive &# 39 ; s buffer and executed by the hard disk drive &# 39 ; s controller without aborting queued tasks or losing system synchronization . the controller then copies the firmware update to flash memory in parallel with execution of the firmware update so that the hard disk drive operates with minimal degradation in performance .