- #HDPARM SECURE ERASE HOW TO#
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#HDPARM SECURE ERASE PASSWORD#
#HDPARM SECURE ERASE INSTALL#
#HDPARM SECURE ERASE HOW TO#
#HDPARM SECURE ERASE ARCHIVE#
Here are two locations, (replaced with Web Archive versions to avoid link rot) Boot from the media you create from step 1 and you will see the screen: select the default option then Press enter. From this website you can create a bootable CD/DVD/USB contains Gparted. Maybe this will help you too.įirst off, I found a list of master passwords for various brands of drives. Secure erasing your SSD will wipe all data on your SSD, please backup your data before processing secure erase. After piecing together tips from all over Google, I was able to get a master password, research the commands of hdparm, and use your example in your original question to resolve my issue. I was able to get this to work on my Western Digital WD20EURS. I'm wondering if there is any other way to unlock this SSD disk and remove the password? Issuing SECURITY_UNLOCK command, password="123456", user=user When use the security unlock command on this disk, the results are as below: hdparm -user-master u -security-unlock 123456 /dev/sda Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 50011731001636dcĪs you can see, the disk is in the security locked state, and it doesn't support hdparm security mode feature. Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0Ģmin for SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
With "hdparm -I", the disk information looks interesting as below: hdparm -I /dev/sda so I tried to erase the ATA security with the hdparm command. They are recommended to be used to restore the write performance of a SSD disk.I have an SSD disk with password protection, but the password was lost long time ago. Note: HDDErase and hdparm uses ATA's firmware functions to secure erase the disk. You can also try Darik's Boot And Nuke(DBAN)
#HDPARM SECURE ERASE SOFTWARE#
It may take longer time than method 1 & 2 since is an software based method not using ATA firmware functions.