hello after searching for a week i came accross this site and was wondering if you guys can help me out i have a maxtor diamondback 120 gig hd internal ide

it seems to be locked and i want to unlock it and as you can tell I don't know the password i went through numerous utilitys on ubcd and hirens boot cd but non of them seemed to work
in atapswd this is what shows up

maxtor 6y230p0

rev yar41bw0

ata password tool v1.1
shows plus signs under
S, E, L, F, X, V
+ + + - - h


any suggestions

Hi,

not free, but simple solutions.
If you don't need the data, just the hard disk:
http://www.hddunlock.com/

If you also need the data:
http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/

Hope this helps,
Peter

Find program HDD Repair V2.0 - it's free some have said.

I don't use this program, but I am told it can do what you want.

dont need the data just want to use the drive the hddunlock thing wont work because it needs the drive as primary i had it hooked up to my spare comp and the hd as slave kept telling me to hook it up to master but the drive wont boot so its like a catch 22 i will try the hddrepair to see if it works thanks

You mean as master, not primary.
See http://www.hddunlock.com/support/faq/#9
In case you have only a single IDE connector, and the primary master is occupied, then take the HDD to another computer which either boots from SATA, or has two IDE channels.

Best regards,
Peter

I was locking a free solution hddunlock costs $20 to get the drive unlocked I tried loooking for HDD repair 2.0 but i can't seem to find a link to the software if you have the link to it that would be awesome. I am all ears to any other solutions as well. Thanks and appericate everyone's suggestions

Search ATA password on this forum. You'll find more info. Also google ATA password, you'll find out how the password works in the hard drive. These info may give you some insight.

If it was a factory default password, yes most of the free software you find will do the job but if it was a user defined password, you might have to go with a paid service to get it removed...

There are lots of pros on this forum who can unlock it for you but there will be a fee.

Other thought is it might be cheaper to just go buy another hard drive. 120 GB IDE is not that expensive. You can buy it for the same cost or less for unlocking your current drive.

If you are going to toss it, I'll buy the drive for $15 to include S&H via Priority Mail!!!