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YMG
 Post subject: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 16th, 2013, 11:32 
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hello
i have an encrypted hdd
it is seagate momentus 5400.6

my friend has encoded hdd with bios but then he has forgotten.

it is not important what is inside of the disk

we want to format the disk
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hddguy
 Post subject: Re: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 16th, 2013, 11:40 
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So it is an ATA password set via BIOS?
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YMG
 Post subject: Re: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 16th, 2013, 12:06 
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probably yes
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YMG
 Post subject: Re: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 16th, 2013, 12:17 
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islamm3rouf wrote:
you need tool to decrypt it first
so you can format it easily


what kind of tool?

will we format the disk without decrypt
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ShaneWard
 Post subject: Re: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 17th, 2013, 9:51 
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If the data is not important, can't you just wipe the partition table and start from scratch with a new table and format~?
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hddguy
 Post subject: Re: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 17th, 2013, 10:21 
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ShaneWard wrote:
If the data is not important, can't you just wipe the partition table and start from scratch with a new table and format~?


ATA lock prevents any access to surface.

Needs to be cleared with specific hardware
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ShaneWard
 Post subject: Re: help i have an encrypted hdd Seagete
PostPosted: July 17th, 2013, 21:36 
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I see, thanks for letting me know :wink:
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