Unlock Hard Disk Linux password protected

Asked By jimy josef 0 points N/A Posted on - 01/27/2013

Hello! I have some drives in my PC and I wanted to use it but it is secured with a password. I want to know how to unlock hard disk linux which is password protected, a step-by-step process will really be appreciated, thanks!

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Answered By Sonny Smadi 0 points N/A #165776

Unlock Hard Disk Linux password protected

Hi Jimy,

The password of HDD which was integrated by their manufacturers is in a chip integrated on the HDD. That's why there is no way of unlocking your HDD password without using software that can bypass and change the chip's program. Some software that you might want to try HDD unlock wizard, MHDD which is a freeware, DBAN(Darik's Boot and Nuke) or any of those security-encryption data software such as Partition Magic and Active Kill Disk. 

 

Hope this helps.

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Answered By Sharath Reddy 590495 points N/A #327952

Unlock Hard Disk Linux password protected

If you have several other hard drives that you want to use but you cannot because it is protected with a password, unfortunately, removing the password is not possible. When a hard drive is locked with a password, it means the entire hard drive is encrypted just like when encrypting files.

To unlock the hard drive and remove the password, you need the software that was used to lock the hard drive as well as the password. If you don’t know what software was used to encrypt the hard drive, there is no way to unlock it. But anyway, there should be no problem even if the hard drive is locked.

You can still format it and partition it again for use. To partition your hard drive easily, download EaseUS Partition Master Home on FileHippo. This is free partitioning software.

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