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Re: Toshiba (lenovo) MK5061GSY ATA password unlock

June 23rd, 2019, 2:44

zenelli wrote:the hdd password is the same i think with the bios password

After hashing, the results would be different.

"Salted with the random number in the boot block before storing in the CMOS"
"Salted with the random number in the boot block before storing in the EEPROM"
"Salted with the hashed Model number and the serial number before sending to HDDs"

Re: Toshiba (lenovo) MK5061GSY ATA password unlock

October 7th, 2024, 10:03

Hi Guys after 5 years i'm back again with the same hdd :D
Is there any news about unlocking this hdd? otherwise its time to throw it away.

Re: Toshiba (lenovo) MK5061GSY ATA password unlock

October 7th, 2024, 11:05

zenelli wrote:I've got this hdd from an lenovo laptop and it has an ata password on it, is there any free solution for this to unlock?
Can somebody please help me??


Is that your hard drive, what do you mean by got it? and lost the laptop? We need to clear this first that we are not unlocking someone else's personal data.

Re: Toshiba (lenovo) MK5061GSY ATA password unlock

October 7th, 2024, 13:43

I dont need the data.
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