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Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 20th, 2020, 14:20

Hello

i have an hdd toshiba who is come from a Canon MFP.
I want to format them to be use on Windows but when i see the hdd on windows and try to initialize it i have this return:
acces refused .
So i can t do anything whit this hdd.

I found the firmware : AM001A and this S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ.

i don t know how to repair it

Can you help me

Thanks a lot

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 21st, 2020, 3:27

it might have a password, try installing minitool partition wizard and try to delete the partition.

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 21st, 2020, 9:45

If the drive protected with ATA password it cannot accept any command ( reading or writing ) until it unlocked.

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 21st, 2020, 12:04

Ok so without this password impossible to format it.

i will try to find it

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 22nd, 2020, 3:57

psytgc wrote:Ok so without this password impossible to format it.

i will try to find it


You have installed minitool partition wizard ? post a screen

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 23rd, 2020, 16:25

hello
i see the hdd but it take a long time du analyse
i have a scrennshot with victoria
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Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 24th, 2020, 4:32

psytgc wrote:hello
i see the hdd but it take a long time du analyse
i have a scrennshot with victoria



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-bU945-k1I

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 24th, 2020, 5:16

It takes less than a minute to unlock a Toshiba 2.5" drive.... if you know some VSC commands.
:D :D :D

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 24th, 2020, 8:59

So can you help me?

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 24th, 2020, 9:41

ok
i finf this
Device Configuration Restore
COMMAND CODE 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 REGISTER
REGISTER SETTING NORMAL COMPLETION
DR DRIVE No. no change
CY na na
HD na na
SN na na
SC na na
FT C0h na
LBA na na
The DEVICE CONFIGURATION RESTORE command disables any setting previously made by a DEVICE
CONFIGURATION SET command and returns the content of the IDENTIFY DEVICE or IDENTIFY PACKET
DEVICE command response to the original settings as indicated by the data returned from the execution of a
DEVICE CONFIGURATION IDENTIFY command.

but how ti use it.

there no data on this hdd, and i have 5 or 6 hdd like this so that why i want to unlock them.

Re: Toshiba MQ01ABF32

October 25th, 2020, 3:20

psytgc wrote:So can you help me?


Remotely? No.
Spildit used to offer such a service on e-bay. Check it out.
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