Help to open hard disk

[Hicham20150d]

I need help with HDD-1 hard-drive password. Hard-Drive #** Z0AUT18YT - 595B
Thank You

 

[Hicham20150d]

Can you help with the search?

 

[95Viper]

You can try a web search for something along these lines: Dell laptop locked HDD password reset

Dell's forum statement is:

If a hard drive password is set on a Dell laptop, then the ONLY way to get it remedied is to call Dell and prove ownership, pay a service charge and obtain an override password.
The password is stored in a flash EEPROM on the motherboard, you could replace both the motherboard and hard drive.

Personally, I would try to return the laptop and get my money back.

General Hard Drive and BIOS Password Information

 

[lexluthermiester]

You can try a web search for something along these lines: Dell laptop locked HDD password reset

Dell's forum statement is:


General Hard Drive and BIOS Password Information

Or they could replace the drive and bypass the password. Dell BIOS drive locks only fail to boot on drives it has cataloged in it's lock tables. Drives not in the lock table are generally not limited.

Alternatively, the op could contact the seller and ask for a password or a replacement system.

 

[Hicham20150d]

You can try a web search for something along these lines: Dell laptop locked HDD password reset

Dell's forum statement is:


General Hard Drive and BIOS Password Information

Thanks, I'll try.

Or they could replace the drive and bypass the password. Dell BIOS drive locks only fail to boot on drives it has cataloged in it's lock tables. Drives not in the lock table are generally not limited.

Alternatively, the op could contact the seller and ask for a password or a replacement system

The problem is not in the computer, but the problem is in the disk, because it asks for the password in any computer it is connected to.

Thanks, I'll try.



The problem is not in the computer, but the problem is in the disk, because it asks for the password in any computer it is connected to.

The hard disk is password protected,

 

[lexluthermiester]

The problem is not in the computer, but the problem is in the disk, because it asks for the password in any computer it is connected to.

Exactly. You are not booting that drive without the password. Now attaching the drive to a USB adapter and plugging it into a system already booted up might allow you to clear the MBR, repartition & format the drive for use as an external drive, but you will never boot from it without the password.

 

[theFOoL]

OH snap my bad lol damn clip tray wrong address LINK

II haven't done any of this I thought just quick image searches to the image links would help

 

[Hicham20150d]

Exactly. You are not booting that drive without the password. Now attaching the drive to a USB adapter and plugging it into a system already booted up might allow you to clear the MBR, repartition & format the drive for use as an external drive, but you will never boot from it without the password.

Even connect it to the USB adapter, it does not work, it does not allow to create a new partition

 

[lexluthermiester]

Even connect it to the USB adapter, it does not work, it does not allow to create a new partitionView attachment 261416

Ah yes. Nothing you can do with it unless you obtain the password. Ask whoever sold it to you for the password. If they don't have it, ask for a refund. If that's not possible, buy a new drive for that laptop, install the new drive and Windows to it, throw this old drive away and call it a day.

 

[theFOoL]

Hmm you try this USB Hard Disk utility I have. Create with Rufus LINK

 

[lexluthermiester]

Hmm you try this USB Hard Disk utility I have. Create with Rufus LINK

That will not work. The lockout is hardware on the drive itself.

 

[R-T-B]

This is an ATA security lock, or OPAL lock, probably further customized by Dell.

You aren't using that drive without the original key, practically speaking. Data recovery services can sometimes access these drives if they have firmware flaws, but it'll cost many many times more than the PC (let alone drive) is worth.

 

[Hicham20150d]

Ah yes. Nothing you can do with it unless you obtain the password. Ask whoever sold it to you for the password. If they don't have it, ask for a refund. If that's not possible, buy a new drive for that laptop, install the new drive and Windows to it, throw this old drive away and call it a day.

Thanks for the advice

 

[lexluthermiester]

Thanks for the advice

YW. I know it sucks but those are your only options for hardware locked drives these days.