From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Mar 04 2001 - 12:57:25 EST
you can't..
either remember the password or send the drive to canada where there is a
company that will do it for you for a fee that, these days, will equal the
value of that 4gig HDD..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andres Reedo" <andrre1_at_hot.ee>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 3:05 AM
Subject: IBM DTCA-24090 password
> Hi!
>
> If I forget HDD password of IBM DTCA-24090 HDD (4GB TravelStar); how to
> disable the HDD password?
> How I can delete the whole hard drive and reset eveything.
> If enyone know how send control commands to IDE port and unlock my IDE
HDD
> drive,
> please HELP me!
> 2,5" HDD working successfully with cable converter with my desktop PC.
>
> Thanks !
>
> - Andres R -
>
> --------------------------------
> http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/prodspec/dtca_spw.pdf
> IBM
> OEM HARD DISK DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS
> for
> DTCA-23240/24090 (3240/4090 MB)
> 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive with ATA Interface
> Revision (3.0)
> S83H-5548-05
>
>
> Security Mode Feature Set is a powerful security feature. With a device
lock
> password, a user can prevent
> unauthorized access to hard disk device even if the device is removed from
> the computer.
>
> New commands are supported for this feature as below.
>
> Security Set Password ('F1'h)
> Security Unlock ('F2'h)
> Security Erase Prepare ('F3'h)
> Security Erase Unit ('F4'h)
> Security Freeze Lock ('F5'h)
> Security Disable Password ('F6'h)
>
> 10.7.1 Security mode
> Following security modes are provided.
>
> Device Locked mode The device disables media access commands after power
on.
> Media access com-mands
> are enabled by either a security unlock command or a security erase unit
> command.
>
> Device Unlocked mode The device enables all commands. If a password is not
> set this mode is entered
> after power on, otherwise it is entered by a security unlock or a security
> erase
> unit command.
>
> Device Frozen mode The device enables all commands except those which can
> update the device
> lock function, set/change password. The device enters this mode via a
> Security
> Freeze Lock command. It cannot quit this mode until power off.
>
> 10.7.2 Security level
> Following security levels are provided.
>
> High level security When the device lock function is enabled and the User
> Password is forgotten
> the device can be unlocked via a Master Password.
>
> Maximum level security When the device lock function is enabled and the
User
> Password is forgotten
> then only the Master Password with a Security Erase Unit command can
> unlock the device. Then user data is erased.
>
> 10.7.3 Password
> This function can have 2 types of passwords as described below.
>
> Master Password When the Master Password is set, the device does NOT
enable
> the Device Lock
> Function, and the device can NOT be locked with the Master Password, but
> the Master Password can be used for unlocking the device locked.
>
> User Password The User Password should be given or changed by a system
user.
> When the
> User Password is set, the device enables the Device Lock Function, and
then
> the device is locked on next power on reset or hard reset.
> ----------------------------------
>
>
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