Laptop drive with lock

[typicalguy]

Hi all

In the past, I've encountered many HDD lock that I couldn't unlock with MHDD or other util. I have the user password but the drive is removed from the laptop. I am trying to unlock it on a PC using MHDD, but so far no luck.

My question here is .....

- How many different types/methods of HDD locking is used on a laptop?
- Do I need the same model of laptop in order to unlock this drive with known user password?

Any suggestion or comment is

[hddguru]

Hi all

In the past, I've encountered many HDD lock that I couldn't unlock with MHDD or other util. I have the user password but the drive is removed from the laptop. I am trying to unlock it on a PC using MHDD, but so far no luck.

My question here is .....

- How many different types/methods of HDD locking is used on a laptop?
- Do I need the same model of laptop in order to unlock this drive with known user password?

Any suggestion or comment is

You need the encryp keys for translation between laptop keyboard and I/O port characters

eg A =126 IBM
A=232 on Toshiba
A=222 on Toy Towns R Us

Just an example, these are not real keys

[typicalguy]

You need the encryp keys for translation between laptop keyboard and I/O port characters

eg A =126 IBM
A=232 on Toshiba
A=222 on Toy Towns R Us

Just an example, these are not real keys

hddguru, thanks for shedding some light to this subject matter. I will look around for the info you suggested. Again, thank you for sharing.

[typicalguy]

Spent several hours looking for this on google, but couldn't find any relevant info. Any suggestions where to look or key word to search for?

[hubert]

Hi
Finaly no solution to use a HD locked with a password unknown.