help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete

[YMG]

hello
i have an encrypted hdd
it is seagate momentus 5400.6

my friend has encoded hdd with bios but then he has forgotten.

it is not important what is inside of the disk

we want to format the disk

[hddguy]

So it is an ATA password set via BIOS?

[YMG]

probably yes

[YMG]

you need tool to decrypt it first
so you can format it easily

what kind of tool?

will we format the disk without decrypt

[ShaneWard]

If the data is not important, can't you just wipe the partition table and start from scratch with a new table and format~?

[hddguy]

If the data is not important, can't you just wipe the partition table and start from scratch with a new table and format~?

ATA lock prevents any access to surface.

Needs to be cleared with specific hardware

[ShaneWard]

I see, thanks for letting me know