HDD GURU FORUMS

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Spildit wrote:My cristall ball tells me that someday soon it will be near impossible to access SA on newer drives, even for Ace and others (MRTLabs as well).

While on some aspects it's "good" this sort of tools, on other aspects is ..... VERY BAD.

Actually, I think denying access to the SA, under any circumstances, could be a good idea. Firstly, it would impress upon people that backups are absolutely mandatory, and secondly it would also prevent malware (or government agencies) from attacking the firmware.

My cristall ball tells me that someday soon it will be near impossible to access SA on newer drives, even for Ace and others (MRTLabs as well).

My Spildit your Cristal Ball was Right WD started Locking SA fblite (WD10JMVW-11AJGS1) is locked SA but ACE & others found way to access SA making swapper is the issue ACE had tried no success so far.