Already Pulled an All-Nighter Evil ATA Password

[DigiFlop]

Hello, first post here.

I foolishly enabled a hard drive password on my Lenovo SL500 ThinkPad a few years back. Shortly after that the hinge on the laptop broke and I haven't touched it since. A few days ago I stumbled upon the old relic and decided to pull out useful parts and toss the rest. Of course new I can't remember what password I put on it. I don't care much for the data itself on the drive, I just would like to wipe the drive and remove the password. The drive is a WD2500BEVS-08VAT2, it looks to be a Lenovo part as it has a Lenovo P/N: 42T1129.

I was under the impression that one can remove the password during a secure erase. Problem being, I can't figure out how to do it. Is it possible to do or should I just move on with life? I have some technical back ground, but I'm already mad at myself for spending as much time on this without getting anything to show for it.

Any comments are welcome.

Thank you.

[DigiFlop]

Cool. Got the WD Marvel Demo, it looks like they have flexible licensing also. Will give it a go.

Thanks.