Thanks fzabkar, i tried. Why does this HDD Unlock Wizard say that my drive is unsupported? OK, what's going on? Do I really am that unlucky? :/
Is it something top secret about some special SCT command set maybe???
What is your problem BlackST ??? Well, some of You are such a smartass, so why no help in this particular casus of WD5000AVVS-63M8B0

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Peter

You are not unlucky . In a nutshell :

1) As previously said, there are legal implications about giving away info that can be used to gain arbitrary access to someone else's data (the fact that someone publicly released some info for a specific drive doesn't mean every day is Sunday) or potential unlawful purpose.

2) DVR disk : the locking mechanism is part of the copy protection of copyrighted material.

3) If you go to a decent DR specialist , the cost of the unlocking will be few EUR /$ BUT probably you have to sign something about property of the disk AND/OR limitation of responsibility as nobody want to have troubles for few $/EUR. At least for me it happens, and all my colleagues I know for sure they do the same. Sorry, but this is not Far West.

4) This is not Far West neither a call center. You can ask but if you don't get any answer, either because MANY people CAN'T and the other DON'T WANT TO give an answer, there's nothing you can do.
Of course I know and all the pros know how to solve your question, simply probably was decided that it is not possible or worth or sane or legal or whatelse to give the answer. At least at present and here.
Personally I do not endorse the dispersal of information, but it's me. I don't care about the rest or what other people do.

Suggestion : go to WD site forum and ask the same question.

I suspect that your model stores the password in the same place as other similar models, but perhaps the author of HDD Unlock forgot to include it. It may be worth contacting him/her.

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A backup a day keeps DR away.

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?

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Peter

Can someone please find my pass?

should be in your memroy ;o)

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All went well until I plugged the drive in.

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

I think your pw would be in the selected bit.

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

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->

please help me!!..

It's empty.

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odzyskiwanie danych z dysku

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

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??

WD2500BEVT 2,5"

Please..

need the manufacturer name of your pc and your error code