Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
December 9th, 2024, 20:26
Hello!
I have a problem with a WD20EZBX HDD. It have two bitlocker partition on it and one small MSR. I have an ASUS CS-B motherboard with TPM chip onboard (i think version 1.4). I encrypted the drive with the onboard Chip
The problem is i can't format the HDD or unlock the Bitlocker Partitions. Whenever i try to do the mentioned stuff it instantly turns off. Even reboot not work i have to shutdown the computer and turn it back on to see it again.
SMART says the disk have no problem and surface test works perfectly with reading.
I searched everything on the internet but found only one similar post to mine and the answer there didn't helped me.
I tried the HDD in different computer with different SATA cable and in a HDD docking station but same symptom
I tried different partition softwares both in Windows and Linux and nothing helped. Some said CRC error, some I/O input error, some just stopped the partitioning with an error.
On Linux i ran sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 same thing happened.
My question is:
- Are there any hardware write protection exists on these HDD-s which turns it off if i try to write anything on it? I unlocked write protection in windows on the HDD but it didn't helped thats why i think it some kind of hardware write protecion.
- Or something is shorting a circuit on the HDD itself? But then how read surface test finishes without any error?
Sorry i am not really a professional but on other forums i would probably just get a generic answer and i wish there some kind of fix for this problem.
Thanks for any help in advance
December 10th, 2024, 0:48
Data is not important right? your just trying to format it so you can reuse it?
December 10th, 2024, 4:28
Yes. I already have the data saved elsewhere.
I have a dual boot system both Windows 10 and Linux Mint installed. I used Bitlocker after Linux Mint installation so it bugged. After grub it asks for the recovery key. I managed to find out that if i hit Escape on grub it enters to the system. it worked for a long time this way. The windows system is installed on a 240Gb SSD, and this 2tb HDD was used alongside Windows 10. The Linux mint installation is on a 60GB SSD and a 1tb HDD is used for home. Linux system is also encrypted.
I moved every windows user folder from the SSD to the HDD. Even page and documents folder was linked there. I just checked In victoria HDD/SSD the HDD info shows more like my other SSD not like the other HDDs. Could my setup caused a firmware malfunction maybe? or just Victoria bug? I should wrote this in my first post sorry, i didn't know if it was important just saw the victoria info
December 25th, 2024, 18:53
Zero Alpha wrote:Data is not important right? your just trying to format it so you can reuse it?
Yes! Do you have any suggestion how can i do that, or where should i start?
December 27th, 2024, 16:22
it is probably some firmware issue, but without knowing the reason it is hard to advise...
try to have it replaced in warranty if data is not important
January 3rd, 2025, 8:45
pepe wrote:it is probably some firmware issue, but without knowing the reason it is hard to advise...
try to have it replaced in warranty if data is not important
I don't have warranty anymore thats why i asked the forum. Maybe its saveable
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