From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 24 17:52:33 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 5768B9160A9 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:52:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x22e.google.com (mail-ie0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22e]) (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 225311168 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:52:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by iecvh10 with SMTP id vh10so38415543iec.3 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:52:32 -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=iBoQ4pVbcUAGPJaLv8efpR39rgwoND5ZeTlmbKbtzF8=; b=NoimsoHf4OYeAb5wIkoe8AR0Rr+nK2k3dC24VPJFWE31LXp5MlPKIK0B5kcJIddCUK SNuFRNg/0kyT62QJYQ6nCKevJNifqCFYwGmAl88j7zJW3Br6OfXZvLtp7Ds+1FuBb9/L mJqD3G8ugTNPHB2uDHZcr8iAkVJGWpWwj/wGj3HwcCxB7qNOMKTg5zsMfjZl7a1VKK+0 VoJUsgiurdYSsVjinxcheZvNMassQSergCkQmwrChPl/EqXu0C5FGNSTdpvR7HVJPPji JkQn4JL4/WDSuasISuRDaB6PF0UIm09XU51Gcj2c6eTq+PLjCyoCoTkzs4btZDw4Gwul KhIw== X-Received: by 10.42.90.138 with SMTP id k10mr16107403icm.86.1435168352456; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([50.243.6.59]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k16sm1480589igf.19.2015.06.24.10.52.31 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:52:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558AEE5E.2040906@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:52:30 -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> In-Reply-To: <861th1tdj3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> 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 17:52:33 -0000 On 06/24/2015 07:57 AM, 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. > It is not for encryption. It is used only to allow running the built-in secure erase function.