Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:00:42 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard drive problem Message-ID: <558AF04A.8090206@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46363.128.135.70.2.1435160477.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <5589E2F9.3070604@gmail.com> <861th1tdj3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <20150624153643.GB43640@neutralgood.org> <46363.128.135.70.2.1435160477.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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On 06/24/2015 09:41 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > On Wed, June 24, 2015 10:36 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? > It may be an enclosure with two 1TB 2.5" drives either concatenated, or > RAID0 thus presenting itself as 2 TB. Just a wild guess. > > Valeri This one is actually a 4 platter drive, thus rather thick (15mm). Goodby to 7.5mm 2.5" drives. Areal density has not reached the quantum level yet :) But from the technologists I know who are and have worked at HD companies, I hear that mechanical drives are totally on the way out as the the RAM and FLASH electronics get every tinier and faster, and much more reliable and long lasting.
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