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adeelleo
 Post subject: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DKS5E)
PostPosted: November 19th, 2023, 14:04 
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Hi Guys,

I am offering 1,000 USD reward to anyone who can guide me on how to unlock the below disks.

DKS5E - Seagate
DKR5C - Hitachi
DKR5D - HGST

These disks came from a Hitachi Storage and seem to be Firmware locked. I can format these disks but any attempt on writing data to disks or configuring them in RAID fails.

I just want to change the firmware on the disks to generic firmware so that they can be used in standard servers.

Its possible to do this without any special hardware. A Russian Guru was able to do this remotely for me using Niagra but unfortunately the unlocking service fee he charges is multiple times higher then the disk cost. So does not make financial sense for me anymore.

Hope someone can solve this puzzle.


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Arch Stanton
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 19th, 2023, 19:28 
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$1000 will buy you several refurbished SAS drives, or am I missing something?

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HaQue
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 19th, 2023, 19:50 
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who can guide me

Guessing they have more drives and want to do it themselves.
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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 20th, 2023, 2:35 
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Arch Stanton wrote:
$1000 will buy you several refurbished SAS drives, or am I missing something?


I already have lots of these disks. I am more interested in learning how to do it myself.

Willing to pay the fee to anyone who can invest time to guide me how to do this myself.
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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 20th, 2023, 2:44 
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HaQue wrote:
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who can guide me

Guessing they have more drives and want to do it themselves.


Yes. You are correct. I am interested in learning how to do this myself.

Willing to compensate anyone for his time who is willing to guide me.
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Arch Stanton
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 20th, 2023, 6:55 
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Oh, stupid me missed that ;)

Let me see if I can add to that: What's "Niagra"?

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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 20th, 2023, 9:08 
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Arch Stanton wrote:
Oh, stupid me missed that ;)

Let me see if I can add to that: What's "Niagra"?


Niagara is the disk utility that the last guy used to unlock the firmware on the disks remotely.
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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
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Arch Stanton wrote:
Let me see if I can add to that: What's "Niagra"?

ftp://atxlab.ddns.net/ftp/hdd/hgst/

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Arch Stanton
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
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fzabkar wrote:
Arch Stanton wrote:
Let me see if I can add to that: What's "Niagra"?

ftp://atxlab.ddns.net/ftp/hdd/hgst/


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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 21st, 2023, 11:23 
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So, no one has any idea? :-| :roll:
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stefan
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: November 29th, 2023, 19:36 
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Use Linux and report back the write error thrown by dmesg.
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rameez
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 2nd, 2023, 8:33 
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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 5th, 2023, 5:15 
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stefan wrote:
Use Linux and report back the write error thrown by dmesg.


attached dmesg output.

also attached error messages when i try to format the disk.


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fzabkar
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 5th, 2023, 19:45 
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Hopefully, this script will dump the firmware modules from your Hitachi/HGST drives:

https://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?p=23671#p23671

Code:
#!/bin/bash

for i in {0..255}
do
   j="$(printf '%02x' $i)"
   sg_raw -r 1M -b /dev/sg1 3c 01 $j 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 > ./modules/0x$j.bin
done

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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 10th, 2023, 8:38 
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fzabkar wrote:
Hopefully, this script will dump the firmware modules from your Hitachi/HGST drives:

https://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?p=23671#p23671

Code:
#!/bin/bash

for i in {0..255}
do
   j="$(printf '%02x' $i)"
   sg_raw -r 1M -b /dev/sg1 3c 01 $j 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 > ./modules/0x$j.bin
done


Can not open the link you provide. Says Country Blocked. Connecting a VPN also does not open the link.
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wantbracelet
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 10th, 2023, 11:52 
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While I currently possess numerous copies of these disks, my primary interest lies in acquiring the knowledge and skills to undertake the process independently. I am prepared to compensate anyone who is willing to invest the time and expertise required to guide me through the steps of mastering this task on my own. The goal is not just to obtain the end result but to understand the intricacies and nuances involved in the process. If you possess the expertise and are open to sharing your insights, I am ready to discuss a mutually agreeable arrangement.
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adeelleo
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 10th, 2023, 15:06 
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wantbracelet wrote:
While I currently possess numerous copies of these disks, my primary interest lies in acquiring the knowledge and skills to undertake the process independently. I am prepared to compensate anyone who is willing to invest the time and expertise required to guide me through the steps of mastering this task on my own. The goal is not just to obtain the end result but to understand the intricacies and nuances involved in the process. If you possess the expertise and are open to sharing your insights, I am ready to discuss a mutually agreeable arrangement.


That was my primary objective for starting this thread. But so far no one seems to be interested or has the know how of how to do this.
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HaQue
 Post subject: Re: 1,000 $ Reward for Disk Unlock Procedure (DKR5C,DKR5D,DK
PostPosted: December 10th, 2023, 18:17 
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Or they do, and they want to capitalise on it like your Russian Guru.

There isn't many secrets that involve "simple when you know how" so can't really blame them.

I am guessing someone will get the same service, and run Wireshark, then the secret will start to filter to others.
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