Hi everyone, i'm a newbie in this topics, i think i can learn to many things in this great forum, so, first of all, thanks in advance for exist . Well, i have a HITACHI HTS542516K9SA00 with FW: BBC0C31P, this HD has a locked Master password with security level High, is frozen, and has security count expired. The problem is, I dont have the Master password, i was victim of a bad joke for a friend, believe me, is not stolen, so, i can see this with the provider too, anyway, i really like to know how can i get the password or set a new one or use Hdderaser.exe because this HD support Enhanced security erase, but before i try, i want to recover data, this is possible ? or maybe exists another way to do this, what can i do? please help me......

Yes, you can easy unlock this HDD.
You can use PC-3000.
I suggest you buy this tool and unlock your drive.

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Or send it to a pro. Unfortunately I am at the opposite corner of the world...

There are ways to accomplish what you are asking for cheaper than PC-3000. There's no need to purchase such an expensive tool when there are cheaper ones. But no matter what you will need to unlock the drive first to recover the data.

PM me.

Try contacting Alberto (Beto) on this forum, he is a data recovery professional in Mexico.