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-- Greek Ordono myppa: launchpad.net/~grexk/+archive/ppa --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Holden Hao <[email protected]> wrote: From: Holden Hao <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [plug] Hard disk rescue To: "Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 13 July, 2010, 11:05 AM On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Ramil Galib <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, I have a Western Digital 1TB usb hard disk and now I cannot access it anymore. Thinking that the USB to SATA interface is defective, I opened the case and pulled out the SATA hard disk. BIOS correctly identified the SATA disk but dd cannot erase/write on the MBR. TestDisk cant find any existing partition. The disk might be encrypted or locked. I forgot the technical term but if it is what you have then you can no longer use the disk if it remains unlocked. This lock is activated by the BIOS such that it can not be used in any other computer. It is possible and it has been reported that the BIOS can sometimes malfunction and lock you out from your drive. The only solution is to use a a commercial software that can unlock it. I have used it before but I no longer remember the name of the software. It is best to try searching Google. Most business laptops made by HP supports this feature. HTH, Holden -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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