10GB HDD ERROR

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Whiles attempting to fdisk a 10GB HDD on a laptop, I receive the following
errormessage:

"The master boot code has NOT been updated"

Anyone have a better clue as to what this is and how to solve the problem?

I downloaded the DFT and it reports that the driver is password protected,
is there a way to rid the protection?

Tia
 
Whiles attempting to fdisk a 10GB HDD on a
laptop, I receive the following errormessage:
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"The master boot code has NOT been updated"
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Anyone have a better clue as to what this is
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Its saying that the drive cant be written to.
and how to solve the problem?
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Supply the drive password.
I downloaded the DFT and it reports that the driver is password protected,
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It says the drive is, presumably.
is there a way to rid the protection?
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Nope, the ATA drive password is VERY secure.
 
Rod Speed said:
Its saying that the drive cant be written to.


Supply the drive password.
protected,

It says the drive is, presumably.


Nope, the ATA drive password is VERY secure.
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Nice, strange to the point.

Basically, the drive needs to be filed IN THE BIN
 
Rod Speed said:
If you cant get the password, yes.

If its still got the default master password, the password
can be reset with the drive erasing itself, but thats about it.
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No, there is no way I can get the password.

I have no idea if it is the master password or re-created.
 
Rod Speed said:
Stolen eh ?


There are two passwords. The master password allows
the drive to auto erase as the normal password is reset.
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Oh no....At work we were clearing out a room which had loads of old unused
systems. We decided to test everything to see what parts we can reuse and
which we can dispose. We found a box of various HDD
(laptop/desktop/servers).

If there is no way of removing the password and we dispose of them, there
MAY have confident information's which someone might in the under world can
access these drives.
 
Oh no....At work we were clearing out a room which had loads of old
unused systems. We decided to test everything to see what parts we can
reuse and which we can dispose. We found a box of various HDD
(laptop/desktop/servers).

If there is no way of removing the password and we dispose of them,
there MAY have confident information's which someone might in the
under world can access these drives.
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The way it's set up the Master password allows only one operation,
complete erasure of the drive. If you call the drive manufacturer's
tech support they should be able to tell you how to proceed to get the
drives erased. That assumes of course that the data is not sufficiently
sensitive that a more thorough erasure than writing zeros over it is
required.
 
J.Clarke said:
The way it's set up the Master password allows only one operation,
complete erasure of the drive. If you call the drive manufacturer's
tech support they should be able to tell you how to proceed to get the
drives erased. That assumes of course that the data is not sufficiently
sensitive that a more thorough erasure than writing zeros over it is
required.

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Well the drive is HITACHI, I email them and they said its available on the
web site, which I looked but couldn't find anything.
 
Previously tim said:
Stolen eh ?
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[...]
Oh no....At work we were clearing out a room which had loads of old unused
systems. We decided to test everything to see what parts we can reuse and
which we can dispose. We found a box of various HDD
(laptop/desktop/servers).
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If there is no way of removing the password and we dispose of them, there
MAY have confident information's which someone might in the under world can
access these drives.
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Open them and bend the platters. Takes maybe 10 minutes for the first
and less for each following. Data recovery will be possible but far
more expensive than getting the data in another way. You can also take
a blowtorch to the platters and heat them until they glow. Data
recovery will be impossible then, since the material looses all
magneticisation above it's Curie-point.

You can also saw the disks in half or give them (individually!) each
several good smacks with a sledge hammer. This optin does not require
opening them. The sledge hammer is possibly the fastest option, but it
is not very aeastetically pleasing ;-)

Arno
 
Only necessary when security level was set at 'maximum'. *)
With security level at 'high' a 'security unlock' plus 'security
disable password' will suffice.

Or totally mangled, if you prefer.
The user password is reset as a result of the security erase
(not the other way around) and that is only needed when
security was set at maximum when the password was set.
Which phrase is bullshit?
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You mean, it wasn't the only one?
Indeed it wasn't, see *).
 
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