--- On Fri, 3/13/09, Mikkel L. Ellertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Mikkel L. Ellertson <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: unlock utility for linux
> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora."
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 3:41 PM
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
> >
> > I wish it was that simple. The hard drive is locked,
> has a
> password. Someone locked it. Linux sees the device but it
> returns IO
> errors. Windows sees it but asks for the password. I want
> to get rid
> of that so that I can make use of the hard drive. Gparted
> did not do
> it, system rescue cd did not do it, someone has suggested
> Ultimate
> boot cd so I am likely going to give it a try, but after
> the holidays.
> >
> > Thanks for responding. Also to Alan I will see what
> hdparm
> returns, I have checked man hdparm, but that does not help
> me much :(
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Antonio
> >
> I don't think hdparm is going to help if you do not
> know the
> password. I did a Google search, and came up with a link
> that may
> help - but it is a windows program.
>
> http://www.hddunlock.com/
>
> It is supposed to destructively unlock the drive - is other
> words,
> you lose all the data on the drive. But that should not be
> a problem
> in this case.
>
> The problem you have run into is that the password lock is
> done by
> the drives firmware, and blocks access to the drive until
> it gets
> the proper password. So moving or trying to re-format the
> drive does
> not help.
>
> Mikkel
> --
>
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
>
> --
Those guys charge for it. :(, it is not an "OPEN SOURCE" solution.
I looked in the tools within ultimate boot cd
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
http://www.rockbox.org/lock.html
If it does not work, I'll just throw away the hard drive and buy a new one.
Why kill brain cells?
Thanks though for the suggestion. I thought that by doing an erasing or
wiping, I could have access to the hard drive, but I guess I got excited too
soon :(
Regards,
Antonio
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