From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 24 17:57:07 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16AD791611B for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:57:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x233.google.com (mail-ig0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3F171244 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:57:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by igblr2 with SMTP id lr2so39142513igb.0 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:57:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=F+24Kcu383GIDyqZksp3FToX3DwIbZqGv1Y5llCcD68=; b=xQ3WgxRzF+odQDadHokrtKXuho74Rpi0a74U2xcvPezW62x2Euzc03HxHcRZ8xi3v5 brIlZ1Vn2TkC3DN9OChIEIrTtooxC5j0dgdOIr6vqHvSHJ9fmfre0CY1xSbu3smF2s3a LJBxPfmQCVmFRsYE5u5fEKKesu1HZqO5+idTkfP26Io971i93HJ5zTGcsWQY4Gw6iBwq Fx7rSycnfD3YRDyy7he7DMA5T9vxSl7rxJ2OgoZrEzBZPocCrA2dMR0rduuRrlNzHT70 hRWKAbfnA+J0YBdh4rJ3QooJRQimWlUEI+8eCNxiI7ObkPW0h1lpN4VCZMRWTFz8FrYo 26lQ== X-Received: by 10.107.163.146 with SMTP id m140mr55001771ioe.85.1435168626313; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([50.243.6.59]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qs10sm1494122igb.14.2015.06.24.10.57.05 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558AEF70.50501@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:57:04 -0600 From: jd1008 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard drive problem References: <5589E2F9.3070604@gmail.com> <861th1tdj3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20150624153643.GB43640@neutralgood.org> In-Reply-To: <20150624153643.GB43640@neutralgood.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:57:07 -0000 On 06/24/2015 09:36 AM, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 08:57:20AM -0500, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: >> jd1008 writes: >> >>> does anyone have a way to unlock the master pword in >>> a recent WD 2TB 2.5" drive? >> "Master pword?" Is this a firmware-level encrypted drive? If so, no. A >> "reset" feature would defeat the purpose of having encryption in the >> first place. If the drive is self-encrypting you don't know the >> password, the drive's a brick. > My guess is that you can tell the drive to use a new password, but the > contents of the drive are lost. That's assuming a firmware-level > encryption. > > BTW, are there really 2TB _2.5"_ drives on the market? Of course there are. In fact, Seagate has a 4TB 2.5" external drive, selling anywhere from 200 to 600 bucks. They are available on Ebay. The password is not for encryption, and the drive is not Self Encrypting Drive. The pAssWord is only for permitting the secure erase function and for changing other drive parameters.