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DSMIW
Jun 08, 2012Aspirant
RND4000v1 X-RAID: HDD Master Password?
I need to initialise a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green SATA (WD10EARX-00PASB0) hard drive in a Windows XP personal computer. The disk appears to be ATA locked with high security. It was previously...
ahpsi1
Jun 08, 2012Tutor
If the ReadyNAS did lock the drive and the method MDGM suggested doesn't work see this thread -> https://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=28803 for the password that may have been used. I find if I connect a locked drive to a PC that is running the Intel RST package (http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/chpsts/imsm) you can get a clear and concise view of the drive status and are even given an opportunity to enter the password and unlock. I have *not* successfully unlocked a drive using the password in the thread I referenced but I'm not certain the ReadyNAS locked it (too many hard drives).
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