Hi All,

I have a Seagate ST96812A 2.5" IDE hard disk with a ata-password set on the disk. The password is unknown and needs to be removed.

This disk was actually removed from a Maxtor External USB hard disk, the owner was not aware of any password on it. I have tried all the passwords they guessed, none of them were correct.

I have a PC-3000 UDMA and cannot find a way to remove the password for this model as it does not appear to be supported by the PC-3000 UDMA for 'security erase'.

I have also tried Repair Station (http://www.hdd-tools.com) but this cannot remove the password from this model disk either.

Can anybody suggest any way using ANY tool which can remove the password from this disk?

Thanks a lot for any help.

You can try Shinobi from YEC: http://www.yec-usa.com/products/shinobi.htm

It comes with Atola Unlocker module made by us; it supports 2.5" Seagate and even Hitachi hard drives.

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Do you know if it supports a Seagate ST96812A? Do you know how much this costs?

*bump* Any answer to this last question?

Have you tried a firmware update? Perhaps yours is one that will lose its password when updated.

http://files.hddguru.com/download/Firmware%20updates/Seagate/

This guy has helped a lot of people solve password issues, mostly BIOS passwords for Dell laptops. There is a huge history of questions and answers in several threads at http://www.techspot.com/vb/index.php. He apparently partnered-up and has his own answers site at http://www.download.centre4service.com/home.html

Anyway, he posted someone else's story about a laptop hard drive, where the password was controlled in the PC BIOS:
http://www.download.centre4service.com/harddrive.html

...Curious, even if not exactly applicable.

1. Dowload the "HDDErase" application from "http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml"

2. Burn the image to CD which comes with app.

3. Boot your computer with the CD and follow the instructions.

It unlocked my Seagate ATA drive, but I don't if it will help you.

And, thank to this guy; Dr. Gordon F. Hughes

I have the impression, that some of the answers here oversee, that
the question was "unlock" the drive - which is different to the usual
advice "erase + unlock"

I times of very, very cheap drives, I assume its always about "restore
or get access to data" instead of just refurbishing an onld 20 or 40GB
drive....
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In all the published informations of available soft- or hardware I find
this point always unclear.
I.e. HDD-Erase will once started lock the drive and not unlock it until
the erasure process is finished.

Is there a tool on the market which definitely unlocks the drive without
erasing the data?

Yes, not free tools but there are. PC3000 for example, or you need to access the SA And work with security subsystem. Sometimes this feature need additional HW.

Salvation Seagate Doctor is the solution.

http://salvationdata.com/data-recovery- ... iew.htm#a1

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to access Seagate SA (HW is must)

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There is no substitute for education and experience
THANK YOU
SHAHI
shahi.mahbub@gmail.com

You can access the SA by terminal, you do not need to buy the HW.

terminal is the hardware .

Yes is HARDWARE SPECIAL!!

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