Password for Locked Hard Drives

[pandabigman]

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

[StephenB]

I've never had to do this, but there is an old thread that suggests the following:

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For future reference, this should unlock the drives:

hdparm --security-unlock NETGEAR /dev/???
hdparm --security-disable NETGEAR /dev/???

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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.

[pandabigman]

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 Lo

[StephenB]

It does support ssh.  Netgear can also unlock them remotely.  Perhaps a Netgear person here can help.

[mdgm-ntgr]

You could try this add-on: https://www.readynas.com/contributed/mdgm/addons/x86/UNLOCKDISKS_0.1-x86.bin