Unlocking ATA Password for Western Digital

When i sought this message in this utility, sayng sort of "your drive is unsuported, can't unlock it" ,
i thought that unlocking is not possible at all, now thank you for info , good to know that it is possible, that's only what i wanted to know.

BlackST, thanks. I didn't want to be offensive, but don't You think that posting just a "LOL" under someones words, is a bit non adequate?
I also consider it funny about saying if its your private OR someone else's data. Everybody posts about his own hard drive AND most people say the dont care about the data. AND the funny thing is that everyone suspects them of gambling with clients drives and data that in fact IS/CAN BE valuable for someone

)
But nevermind...
My particular WD5000AVVS was left by my friend who didn't needed it couse its unusable for PC, he wanted to send it to trash, no data on it, maybe some movie recorded with that hardware from TV. he didnt want it back, and i don't want to throw it away neither

So now i leave it, maybe later i will find someone in my city to unlock it. Won;t be easy to find someone, couse, you now, small city and... its FAR WEST here :]

PS. Salvation HD doctor for WD will unlock this particular drive?

Can someone please find my pass?

Attachments

WD.zip: (840 Bytes) Downloaded 1740 times

should be in your memroy ;o)

I hope someone out there can help. I have this drive that I can't used due to the SATA password lock but I don't have the password. I don't need/want the data, just would like to use the drive so I don't have to buy a new one.

I followed the directions back on page 4 using the MHDD.zip file on a boot floppy. After running .dump or .dump2 I get "ERROR: drive reports error". Anyone have any suggestions?

I also tried ZU without success.

Basic drive Info:
Western Digital Caviar RE.
model: WD2500SD-01KCCO
Date: 13 JUN 2005
DCM: DSBACTJAA

.dump2 output from mhdd.log:
7.12.2010 20:48:50 MHDD>.DUMP2
7.12.2010 20:48:50 MHDD ATA/SCSI TERMINAL v2.1
7.12.2010 20:48:50 Script: DUMP2
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 1: RESET
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 2: WAITNBSY
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 3: REGS = $57 $44 $43 $00 $00 $A0 $8A
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 4: WAITNBSY
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 5: REGS = $00 $02 $00 $00 $0F $E0 $21
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 6: WAITNBSY
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 7: CHECKDRQ
7.12.2010 20:48:52 LINE 8: SECTORSTO = 42.BIN
7.12.2010 20:48:53 ERROR: drive reports error

.dump output from MHDD.log:
7.12.2010 20:48:42 MHDD>.DUMP
7.12.2010 20:48:42 MHDD ATA/SCSI TERMINAL v2.1
7.12.2010 20:48:42 Script: DUMP
7.12.2010 20:48:43 LINE 1: RESET
7.12.2010 20:48:43 LINE 2: WAITNBSY
7.12.2010 20:48:43 LINE 3: REGS = $45 $0B $00 $44 $57 $A0 $80
7.12.2010 20:48:43 LINE 4: WAITNBSY
7.12.2010 20:48:44 LINE 5: REGS = $D6 $01 $BE $4F $C2 $A0 $B0
7.12.2010 20:48:44 LINE 6: WAITNBSY
7.12.2010 20:48:44 LINE 7: CHECKDRQ
7.12.2010 20:48:44 LINE 8: SECTORSFROM = CS.BIN
7.12.2010 20:48:44 ERROR: drive reports error

alex2501
Post subject: Re: Unlocking ATA Password for Western Digital
PostPosted: November 26th, 2010, 15:55
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Can someone please find my pass?

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WD.zip [840 Bytes]
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I think your pw would be in the selected bit.

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Well, I gave it another go and it must have been in a better mood this time as it populated the .bin files but these look very different from those posted above. I've attached zips of both a locked and unlocked drive. Anyone have suggestions for decoding them?

MHDD info for unlocked drive.
8.12.2010 20:43:41 MHDD>EID
8.12.2010 20:43:41 WDC WD2500JD-00FYB0 LBA: 488,397,168
8.12.2010 20:43:41 SN: WD-WMAEH1377067 FW: 02.05D02

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locked.zip: (1.52 KiB) Downloaded 1758 times

unlocked.zip: (1.51 KiB) Downloaded 1743 times

Thanks to fzabkar for pointing out the obvious difference between the locked and unlocked version of the 42.BIN file. I was looking for difference between them by flipping back and forth but I think my view was clipping the last two lines where the password was sitting.

Comparing the two 42.BIN files, the entire file this time, shows the difference is the string "3wareUserPassword" is in the locked but not the unlocked version.

I had actually tried 3wareUserPassword before (having noticed it the first time I looked at the locked version of 42.BIN) but it didn't work. The password has to be padded with an additional 15 spaces to bring it's length up to the full 32 bits. These drives had previously been attached to a 3ware SATA raid controller which locks them upon incorporation into the array and that lock persists if the drives are not properly removed from the array. Like what happens when a server is shutdown, sitting on a shelf for 3 years, ravaged for parts (including the sata raid controller, and then give away.

Some articles/messages that come up when 3wareUserPassword is including in the search terms:

https://www.3ware.com/3warekb/article.aspx?id=13502
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ide/msg38500.html
http://markmail.org/message/v7emi4oa5vuy7toz

I hope that helps someone. As an additional note, I still needed to use the MHDD tool to "unlock" and then "dispwd". The three links above reference a different tool usable directly from windows or linux. The bios presents a disk password prompt but doesn't accept the space padded password.

hey hey guys im sitting on a western digital wx2 0 a9 p5 850 hdd out of an acer aspire one its 160 gig but has password. how would i access the dump and save the scrips please. also computer has no cd drive but i have flash drives if anyone can please help it would greatly be appreciated. i guess im looking for a step in the right direction thanks to all

Read this post from the 1st page .

WD3200BEVT

I seem to be having the same problem with drive error when trying to load the cs.bin file.

...
LINE 8: SECTIRSFROM = CS.BIN
ERROR: drive reports error

my cs.bin file here->

CS.BIN.txt: (511 Bytes) Downloaded 2135 times

please help me!!..

It's empty.

Hi, I think I can help some of you who still have a problem with the hdd/bios password at start, give me the error code and I try to give you the pass (sorry for my average english, I'm french)

I forgot, I need to know the manufacturer name of your pc (acer, samsung, hp etc) AND the hdd one

seeb wrote:I forgot, I need to know the manufacturer name of your pc (acer, samsung, hp etc) AND the hdd one

I have an Emachines 727. On start up I see message:
primary master WDC WD2500BEVT-22A23Lock
I got 3 tries then it takes me to a 2nd screen:
Enter Unlock password Key:92911744?

Please an someone help me figure out what the password is?
I have been trying MHDD but once I run the dumps, it says:
LINE 11: CHECKDRQ
ERROR: No DRQ
This is for all three dumps, so I am confused here?

Hi, try the passwords :

o7o33xvv

or

43240544

I doubt it will work but who knows... (passwords for fujitsu, hp, samsung system etc, not for acer originally)

Need help with an locked HDD..

How do i find the password?? :shock:

WD2500BEVT 2,5"

Please.. :oops:

22.txt: (512 Bytes) Downloaded 2061 times

need the manufacturer name of your pc and your error code

It was an ACER and it doesnt exist anymore, broken motherboard..

Hello guys, seem to have a problem, when I try accessing the bios of this acer EXTENSA 5220, it tells me system error 11263??? does anyone have any clue on what I can do?????.

if you have a phoenix bios you can try one of these (like bjornj, may not work on acer system)

ipwpsr (try azerty version too, ipzpsr)
863214
121366
76989
72959
736679