Decrypting WD10SDZW-11UMGS0

[TheRabidTech]

I have a WD10SDZW-11UMGS0 that is encrypted, customer has forgotten their password and wants data recovered, i have reallymine installed but am having trouble getting it to dump the key sector etc. original board is not damaged or faulty, drive is just encrypted, I've seen some people talk about needing to solder a SATA connection to the board, I can't find any tutorial that explains what situations this is needed or where to solder the wires to, I would really love a nice clear explanation from someone with experience using reallymine to help clarify the usage of it to decrypt WD drives

[northwind]

If client has forgotten the password, then converting the drive to SATA or trying reallymine won't help you.

Your clients' best bet is to try and remember the password.

[pcimage]

If client has forgotten the password, then converting the drive to SATA or trying reallymine won't help you.

Your clients' best bet is to try and remember the password.

+1

I’ve never used reallymine, but as I understand it it’s a tool for decryption of a drive with known password, and not for password by-passing.

So as Northwind says, it ain’t gonna help you.

[TheRabidTech]

Could it be that the heads are totally failed and that is making the drive think a password has been specified because it can't read the decryption key for the built in encryption from the first or last sector wherever it's stored, because when I try to make an image of the encrypted drive it fails reading 100% of every sector as if the heads are unable to read at all, customer doesn't remember specifying a password they have an incidental drive that reads ok, the data on that drive was stored in a folder called 6086143, on the drive that seems to think it's encrypted the password hint is the same number 6086143, that number means nothing to the customer ??

[Green Slime]

Try password "KGURshWDWGLp3a" without the quotes.

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Try password "KGURshWDWGLp3a" without the quotes.

Hello,
Whats This ?

[TheRabidTech]

Greenslime you are a god among men, that worked

[LarrySabo]

[pclab]

He must be the guy who encrypted the drive ahahhaha

[HddDonorMarket]

Try password "KGURshWDWGLp3a" without the quotes.

Abrakadabra.
What is that? Magic?