Are my chipsets just incompatible with Secure Erase tools?
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 6:05
I think that this is the right forum for this.
Tried on USB cable on old laptop (Dell Latitude C400) before reading that it must be directly connected.
Tried on my server(GA-K8N Pro-SLI [nForce4 chipset]) until I found that my chipset apparently isn't supported. No, it's not a RAID, either. I still get the "function not implemented" or "error 40" messages in HDParm! Yes, I used a 'junk' password to work as temporary password until reboot. Tried the master password of all spaces. Still no go.
Tried on new laptop(Acer AS4551-4315):
1) hot swapping or hitting enter multiple times on boot
2) dropping to a single 2GB module
3) HDD Erase 4.0 boot CD - kept crashing at the CD-ROM driver but... program isn't in DOS boot image - d'oh! - also randomly crashed earler likely due to RAM/driver/conflict issues.
4) Hiren's boot CD's DOS portion which also has HDD Erase.
5) Linux
a) Everything including the HDParm wrapper.
6) MiniXP (legal for me only because I have an XP license, hehe)
a) Victoria (all variations listed online + playing with options)
b) Roadkill's tool
c) HDDUnlock (the silly program that needs web access to protect 'secrets')
d) MHDD
Victoria log:
Thinking of trying Faltool, Fakel, FJDT, FJErase, Fujitsu Explorer, Fujtool, hddl, pchdd, etc. I've also looked at the yura.projektas.lt site. Some of those look a bit more risky. It shouldn't be this hard to get low-level tools to work since game system modders have been doing it for a while. There must be something unusual about my 3 computers that prevents this from working. That or PBK&C?
I'd have just waited to take it back but it's a rather long walk. I didn't want to take the laptop with me to test it, by the way because it's on a bus+walking. The laptop had no password set, by the way.
I'll post more information like the results of HDParm -I, later.
Tried on USB cable on old laptop (Dell Latitude C400) before reading that it must be directly connected.
Tried on my server(GA-K8N Pro-SLI [nForce4 chipset]) until I found that my chipset apparently isn't supported. No, it's not a RAID, either. I still get the "function not implemented" or "error 40" messages in HDParm! Yes, I used a 'junk' password to work as temporary password until reboot. Tried the master password of all spaces. Still no go.
Tried on new laptop(Acer AS4551-4315):
1) hot swapping or hitting enter multiple times on boot
2) dropping to a single 2GB module
3) HDD Erase 4.0 boot CD - kept crashing at the CD-ROM driver but... program isn't in DOS boot image - d'oh! - also randomly crashed earler likely due to RAM/driver/conflict issues.
4) Hiren's boot CD's DOS portion which also has HDD Erase.
5) Linux
a) Everything including the HDParm wrapper.
6) MiniXP (legal for me only because I have an XP license, hehe)
a) Victoria (all variations listed online + playing with options)
b) Roadkill's tool
c) HDDUnlock (the silly program that needs web access to protect 'secrets')
d) MHDD
Victoria log:
- Code:
01:09:46 : Starting Victoria 4.46b Freeware (12.08.2008), 1xCPU, 2294.46 MHz, Windows XP found.
01:09:54 : PCI Bus Scan...
01:09:54 : ATI/ID 439C*, BUS: 0/DEV: 20/FUN: 1
01:10:16 : PIO access enabled. Base=1F0h, Alt=3F6h
01:10:17 : Port 01F0h - drive disconnected!
01:10:20 : PCI Bus Scan...
01:10:20 : ATI/ID 439C*, BUS: 0/DEV: 20/FUN: 1
01:10:55 : - Unknown error
01:10:56 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
01:10:56 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
01:10:57 : - Unknown error
01:10:58 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
01:10:59 : Get drive passport: Drive error!
01:11:00 : - Unknown error
01:11:01 : [ATA protocol] DRQ!!! Press RESET or restart HDD!
01:11:01 : Security ERASE done
Thinking of trying Faltool, Fakel, FJDT, FJErase, Fujitsu Explorer, Fujtool, hddl, pchdd, etc. I've also looked at the yura.projektas.lt site. Some of those look a bit more risky. It shouldn't be this hard to get low-level tools to work since game system modders have been doing it for a while. There must be something unusual about my 3 computers that prevents this from working. That or PBK&C?
I'd have just waited to take it back but it's a rather long walk. I didn't want to take the laptop with me to test it, by the way because it's on a bus+walking. The laptop had no password set, by the way.I'll post more information like the results of HDParm -I, later.
