Locked SATA hard drives
jim....@comcast.net
I hate to just have them shredded but I will if I can't get them unlocked. Losing the data is not a problem as I need to
The drive wiping software I use just hangs up when it tries to load when any of these locked drives are installed.
Anyway, any hints or helpful tips would be appreciated.
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Pat Furr
We use Blancco 5 to wipe our hard drives. Blancco 4 used to wipe the drives even though they were password protected only to find out later that they couldn’t be used. The newer version lets us know before we try to wipe that the drive has a password. We just Degauss the drives to remove any data as we haven’t found a way to remove the password.
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Chris Martin
Jim
Parted Magic (a Linux distro customized for hardware testing and drive wiping) works pretty well when unlocking drives.
So well in fact, that I don't know if it is able to get past the password lock issue or not - because it just opens drives up for wiping and I don't see what you are seeing.
It also works well for encrypted and 'striped' raid drives, which I would think present similar problems to yours.
The distro only costs about 8 bucks - worth a try...
I'll bet Ryan from CO knows more on this thought...
Good luck!
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