[chbot] OT HDD question

[Mark Atherton]

Hi mark,

Yup, I tried that util, every sector access came back with error.

It appears that you have to hand over a password before you can 
access any of the sectors.

To clear the HD, issue ATA bus commands something like:

SECURITY UNLOCK DEVICE
SECURITY ERASE PREPARE
SECURITY ERASE UNIT

Which may erase the whole unit.

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Haven't seen any uUSB

Regards,

Mark

At 06:06 p.m. 6/03/2012, you wrote:
>Mark
>Maybe this will help
>http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool.shtml
>
>
>Don't suppose you've seen any micro usb (smaller than the mini) 
>cables or chargers come through.???
>I could do with one or two, but will take a mains to USB, and get a 
>cable if necessary.
>
>
>Mark
>
>
>Mark Atherton wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>>anyone had any success removing passwords from SATA Hard Drives ?
>>
>>Molten Media have just acquired a small pile, - all locked, so not 
>>very useful.
>>
>>I did spot that it is possible to issue a couple of ATA bus 
>>commands that persuade the drive to do a factory clear - including passwords
>>
>>thoughts ?
>>
>>-Mark
>>
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