23 Aug
2009
23 Aug
'09
6:43 p.m.
if i remember, and this is a maybe, but i remember reading that hd passwords
are a feature built into the drive, pretty much a security mechanism on the
lowest level, and cant be erased or removed without the password, at least
on a toshiba disk. maybe this will help? http://www.ja.axxs.net/unlock/
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
I recently won an IBM 540MB laptop HD for the old
Thinkpad 755 series and I
found out it is password locked.
IBM DHAA-2540
Security level MAX
All I want to do is erase and use the drive, to do that I run the ATA
command security erase prepare, and then security erase unit. To do the
latter you need a master password which I don't have (tried all spaces).
Anyone happen to know what the default password would be for that series?
If the master password was changed from default is it hosed permanently? Any
other way around it so I can use the drive?