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Maxtor 6Y120L0132011 Firmware + Utility

December 25th, 2006, 11:49

Hello !
I have a locked 120GB Maxtor Drive.
I do not have the password to unlock that drive and now i want to try to remove the password with a firmware.
I heard a lot that this would be succesfully.

i downloaded this firmware in the files section.
MAXTOR_CALIPSO_6Y120L0_YAR41BW0.zip

But how to install the firmware now? With which utility could i do that?

Thx.

December 25th, 2006, 12:28

Read this and you'll understand:
http://forum.hddguru.com/newbie-info.-f ... t6562.html

December 25th, 2006, 13:01

i don-'t understand :oops:

December 25th, 2006, 13:02

Ok, the conclusion only then: "So, in short, if you want to mess around with the SA, you have 2 options: invest a lot of time and energy into learning or simply empty your pockets and buy a tool like PC3000".

(BTW, PC3000 costs well over $10,000)

*EDIT*, ah I just thought that that if you just want to remove the HDD's password, there's a much cheaper way to do this:

http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/licenses/

December 25th, 2006, 13:38

omg ^^
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