Clone Harddisk with ATA Password on

[Starmanager]

Hi to all the Harddisk specialists,

I will replace a harddisk what is build in a car entertainment system. It is secured with the ATA Password. I got a new disk same type as the original one. I know some users are starting the radio so it will put the password into the harddisk and then they connect it while it is powerd up to a other adapter and clone it. Is there a way to clone it without open it this way? Just plug in and clone sector by sector?

Thanks for your time.

Kind regards

[fzabkar]

What you can do is to install an old WD drive in place of the original drive, allow the entertainment system to set a password on it, and then use a free tool (WDMarvel, HDDSuperTool) to recover the password. Then use Victoria or hdparm to remove this password from the original drive.

https://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=570

[Starmanager]

Will this pocedure work with a SATA Drive Toshiba MK2060GSC? I will not kill anything on the Original Drive.

[fzabkar]

That's just a 2.5" SATA model. I can't see how this procedure would harm the original drive. In any case, you can't clone a drive when it is security locked.