Hitachi works only on Thinkcenter

[TaskManager]

I have got a strange hitachi desktop hard disk for repair. If connected to a particular Thinkcenter it works fine ,however if aconnected to any other system it shows 0mb.Even Hitachi DFT shows it 0mb. Is there any way to remove this limitations?

[dmarques]

And have you checked it's SA, or have you checked any type of encription?

[TaskManager]

Hi Thanks for lead
Disk is not encrypted with ATA passwword since it works fine with thinkcenter wothout putting password ,also it does not show capacity means this could be f/w issue. I haven't checked SA.

[CK]

Does the thinkcenter have TPM enabled?

[poehere]

Wait you say it is working on a thinkcenter but not on any other system. Now I read that it will still shows 0 capacity. So I am confussed on this one. Does it work on thikcenter or does it not. Does it show cqpacity or does it not? If you have this problem then you need a tool that can read your SA A and SA C and know how to fix the SA on this to get back your HDD to work right again.

[TaskManager]

Thanks all for help,
this disk works fine on thinkcenter like normal disk ,however it shows 0mb if connected to any other pc.
I suspect it could have been locked by some hardware based cards like recovery card. I will take some pro help to clear SA as suggested by poehere

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[einstein9]

Seems that this PC-Guard is some how HW Solution to protect contents change
i`ve used such Software similar idea but with more network control options
called DeepFreeze if am not mistaking here

inside this solution, you should i think Unlock it through the HW, then take it back anywhere else

may or may not work

try it

[TaskManager]

Hi
I am wondering how Can a hardware lock hard disk in such a way that even manufacturer tool cannot detect right paramerters? I am sure any hardware card will not be writting anything on disk firmware ,rather no one can access or modify firmware.
isn't it a challeneging question

[einstein9]

Hi
I am wondering how Can a hardware lock hard disk in such a way that even manufacturer tool cannot detect right paramerters? I am sure any hardware card will not be writting anything on disk firmware ,rather no one can access or modify firmware.
isn't it a challeneging question

as an example to this the Smartware WD
in addition

i`ve seen many protection methods for privacy, and this is one of them and many more

there are many HW cards that locks the hdd in startup (power-on) and without unlocking them through it u will end up on Huge Circle

good luck