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Password for Locked Hard Drives
Hi Support,
I have a problem on my ReadyNAS pro 6 HDD. My readynas pro can't access some hdd.
When i put these hdd on my desktop and power on. My PC will show Hard disk "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" is protected by a password enter the password or press ESC to exit
How can i remove the password? I have 5/6 HDD as a same problem.
Best regards,
Terence Lo
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I've never had to do this, but there is an old thread that suggests the following:
For future reference, this should unlock the drives:
hdparm --security-unlock NETGEAR /dev/???
hdparm --security-disable NETGEAR /dev/???So maybe try NETGEAR on the PC.
You can find hdparm for Windows, but the commands might not work there, since /dev/??? is an linux path.
- Hi StephenB,
Becuase these 5 HDD is same not working on my readynas pro6, the readynas have any telnet console to using the command?
Best regards,
Terence LoIt does support ssh. Netgear can also unlock them remotely. Perhaps a Netgear person here can help.
You could try this add-on: https://www.readynas.com/contributed/mdgm/addons/x86/UNLOCKDISKS_0.1-x86.bin
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