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#1 arfaizy13

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Posted 25 January 2013 - 03:23 PM

i have seagate 7200.12 160gb, it is locked by ata password,, how i remove this password?? any terminal command?
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Posted 26 January 2013 - 08:16 AM

Leave alone the fact that it is a 7200.12 for the moment.

There are two ATA passwords levels. User and Master (or Max and High)
Which one is set on the disk?

Is the scope "unlocking the disk" or "unlocking the disk AND recover it's current contents"?

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Posted 26 January 2013 - 10:18 AM

friend, i just want to unlock the disk,, i dont need data.
how to unlcok it? thanks

#4 jaclaz

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Posted 27 January 2013 - 05:48 AM

In certain conditions it should be possible to issue a Safe Erase ATA command.
See:
https://ata.wiki.ker...TA_Secure_Erase
http://tinyapps.org/...ves_hdparm.html

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