18 Jun
2009
18 Jun
'09
9:35 p.m.
Jules Richardson wrote:
Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
It could probably be reformatted by the user, but that precludes
retrieval of any of the data. I'm not completely sure, but I would
guess that the method it uses is to encrypt the partition table. It
sure seems that way.
Peace... Sridhar
I don't believe that it is possible. When a
hard drive password for a
ThinkPad gets lost, it usually means buy a new hard drive and send the
old for recovery.
So why's it 'new drive' - what does it do to it that means it at least
can't be reformatted by the user? I didn't think there was anything in
the ATA spec along the lines of 'hose this drive' - or does it try and
keep track of drives it's 'seen' before?