Unlock USB drive (WD My Book Essential Edition 2)

[Sean2]

Hey,

I have a WD My Book Essential Edition 2 WD5000H1U-00 (http://support.wdc.com/product/install.asp?groupid=110&lang=en) and wanted to run an ATA security erase. For that purpose I started hdparm 9.37:

Code:

hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass asdf /dev/sdb

Code:

hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced asdf /dev/sdb

The first command worked but the second one to start the security erase showed an error message. So I tried

Code:

hdparm --user-master u --security-erase asdf /dev/sdb

but this doesn't work either. So I gave up and wanted to unlock the drive:

Code:

hdparm --user-master u --security-unlock asdf /dev/sdb

The output was:

Code:

security_password="asdf"

/dev/sdb:
Issuing SECURITY_UNLOCK command, password="asdf", user=user
The running kernel lacks CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL support for this device.
SECURITY_UNLOCK: Invalid argument

Do you know how to unlock the drive? I think the problem is that the USB controller does not pass the unlock and security erase commands to the hard drive. I don't want to dismantle the hard drive to connect it directly because I don't want to damage the enclosure.

I've attached the output of

Code:

hdparm -I /dev/sdb

Attachments

hdparm.txt

Output of hdparm -I /dev/sdb

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[Sean2]

Hey,

I disassembled the HDD and connected it directly to the SATA port. Unlock fails in hdparm and MHDD. How can I reset the password? There is no important data on the drive.