Accessing Toshiba HDD mk3029gace

[drone]

Hi,

I have a navigation system with the above HDD.
It contains navigation software, MP3 and many other things.

I want to take the HDD and stick it on my notebook using an external usb adapter.
But I read somewhere that these drives are protected with a ATA password.

Does that mean, that I can't read it or that I can't modify it?

I think I will try first the tool "atapwd" and maybe some utils provided on some "XBOX unlocking HDD" pages.

The important part is...I don't want to loose my data on it...especially the navigation software, which was shipped in the hard drive. I don't have any navigation DVD's.

Can you instruct me or give me some hints on accessing my hard drive?

[BlackST]

I want a pig that can be milked, that gives wool and eventually I can put a saddle on it and I can ride. Oh, and I want it for free... uhm...no, I want to get paid for getting it.

[drone]

Ahh yeah funny,
such a constructive answer.

What is so funny? It was a serious question.

[BlackST]

And it was an even more serious answer.

[drone]

So tell me than...
what exactly is possible and what not?

This would help me better than a non meaningful answer like above.

[poehere]

Constructive answer: Take to a company and have them do it for your

Start doing countless hours of research on Google for this password lock problem

Good luck in finding answers to this one it is undocumented but possible

Speak with the company you bought this from and see what help they can give to you on this one

[drone]

Thanks for the answer. But this is the easiest way.
I would like to do it myself (learning by doing). Thats why I need to know if someone could do it before.
There is no reason to re-invent the tire again.

I will try it with atapwd and some xbox hdd tools, maybe it helps.
Otherwise I will help myself with google, again. Seems to be that here are no "gurus" depending this problem with this HDD.

[BlackST]

Good luck. Make sure your drive don't eat "bad things" with the experiments (you'll discover by yourself)... and you must call service for sure then (and they won't recover anything but maybe use a new drive instead... that will be locked when reinstalling the navigation SW or at first start).

P.S. some "experiments" will kill data inside the drive. But you'll have the drive unlocked for sure. Maybe.

[drc]

Just use something like MHDD to check it out. If it's got a password that you don't know, then good luck

[BlackST]

... don't forget we're talking about a Toshiba

[drone]

Thanks

I think I will play a little bit with my old HDD,
before destroying my navigation HDD.

No risk no fun ...

[BlackST]

Oh yeah. No guts no glory. But why destroy it ?

[drone]

The old one or the new one?

I decided to play with this locking feature on my old HDD. Just for learing.
Maybe I can find the 32 Bytes Key somewhere

Just kidding....I think you're right. I will not touch my new HDD.

Another question: The locking feature is manufacturer dependent right?
Or is this ATA-Locking feature globally unique. (same algorithm)

[BlackST]

Use Google or the search function on this forum.

P.S. was it BMW, Lexus, Mercedes.... or what ? Of course if it was really a car navi and not SOMETHING ELSE

P.P.S. don't ask for things that can be used for borderline or absolutely illegal purpose, and also some things are PROPRIETARY INFO.

[maux]

A man climbs a mountain, at the top of the mountain he finds a Guru, the man asks "Wise Guru, what is the meaning of life?" the Guru pauses for a few minutes in consideration and says "if your serious about finding the meaning of life, send it in to a company"

LOL, well I don't want to make light of the very helpful guidance you can get here on hddguru but if you're looking at something very obscure (sneaky? trying to break your gaming console?) like this you will run into a little sarcasm.

[drc]

I want to take the HDD and stick it on my notebook using an external usb adapter.
But I read somewhere that these drives are protected with a ATA password.

Does that mean, that I can't read it or that I can't modify it?

As far as I can tell the original poster was just asking how to access the contents of his hard drive which may or may not be ATA locked.

Which there's really no point in him asking until he knows if it is in fact ATA locked or not.