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| Author: | levsb [ June 15th, 2010, 11:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Enter ATA password for USB connected HDD? (Windows) |
Sorry if this is a stupid question -- I searched and didn't find anything relevant. I'm looking for a way to enter the ATA password for SATA drives that are in an external USB enclosure. I know the password, so I am not looking for a way to bypass it. I'm looking for a way to do this under windows. I can always disable the password by directly connecting the drive to the SATA bus, before I put the drive in the enclosure, which is what I do at the moment, but it would save me a lot of time if I didn't have to remember to do this. Thanks for any advice. Lev |
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| Author: | dick [ June 16th, 2010, 4:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enter ATA password for USB connected HDD? (Windows) |
Hi, You could use Victoria for Windows versions 4.3 or 4.46b |
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| Author: | levsb [ June 17th, 2010, 0:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enter ATA password for USB connected HDD? (Windows) |
Thanks for the advice. I tried to use victoria (4.46b). It saw USB drive (in API mode), but although there is indeed a place to type a password, however all the buttons are greyed out with the heading "Security manager (disabled in API)". In the PIO mode I was unable to get victoria to see the drive at all. Am I doing something wrong? Lev |
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| Author: | einstein9 [ June 28th, 2010, 1:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Enter ATA password for USB connected HDD? (Windows) |
levsb why from windows, you can use the victoria from hiren bootable cd and disable the password better/safer sometimes windows is stupid dealing with such problems like this |
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