--- On Fri, 3/13/09, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: unlock utility for linux > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > 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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
