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Question posted by tiffanymullinsmd on August 25th, 2011

How Do I Unlock This Device?

I think the motherboard has failed on my Toshiba Tecra M7.  However, the HD seems ok.  When I put the hard drive into another laptop, I get prompted for a password, but I cannot unlock the drive using my password.  How do I unlock this device?

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Specifications - Page 8

....1. Execute Device Diagnostic (90h 84 12.4. Idle Immediate (E1h/95h 100 12.11. Read DMA (C8h/C9h 103 12.14. Read Native Max ADDRESS (F8h 118 12.20. Security Disable Password (F6h ...12.7. Read DMA EXT (25h 105 12.15. Security Erase Unit (F3h 129 Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Read Multiple EXT (29h 117 12.19. Data Out Commands...72 11.3. ...
Specifications - Page 9

... 178 12.50. Changes from the Travelstar 4K40 187 Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification Security Set Password (F1h 132 12.30. Standby (E2h/96h) ...163 12.40. Timings ...181 14.0. Security Unlock (F2h 134 12.31. Function Subcommands 146 12.38.2 Device Attribute Data Structure 151 12.38.3 Device Attribute Thresholds data structure 156 12...
Specifications - Page 11

... Idle Immediate command (E1h/95h 100 Table 64: Initialize Device Parameters command (91h 101 Table ...Password (F6h 128 Table 85: Password Information for Security Disable Password command 128 Table 86: Security Erase Unit (F3h 129 Table 87: Erase Unit information 129 Table 88: Security Freeze Lock (F5h 131 Table 89: Security Set Password (F1h 132 Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive...
Specifications - Page 12

... log 161 Table 111: S.M.A.R.T. Table 90: Security Set Password information 132 Table 91: Security Unlock (F2h 134 Table 92: Seek (7xh)...135 Table 93...B0h 145 Table 100: Selective self-test span example 148 Table 101: Device Attribute Data Structure 151 Table 102: Status Flag definitions 153 Table 103: Device Attribute Thresholds ...Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification
Specifications - Page 17

...features of the drive • Formatted capacities of 100 GB, 80 GB, 60 GB, 40 GB, 20 GB • 2.5-inch, 9.5-mm Height • Spindle speeds of 512 bytes/sector • Integrated controller • No-ID recording format • Coding: 100/106 •... m/sec2 (160G) 1ms • Nonoperating shock • 9800 m/sec2 (1000 G)/ 1ms Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 5
Specifications - Page 23

... issuing an IDENTIFY DEVICE command. 4.0 Drive characteristics 4.1 Formatted capacity Table 1: Formatted capacities HTS541010G9SA00 Physical Layout Label capacity (GB) 100 Bytes per sector ...the drive from the system interface. Travelstar 5K100 (Sreial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 11 Number of cylinders: For drives with capacities greater than 8.45 GB the Identify Device information...
Specifications - Page 43

... GB, 20 GB Height (mm) 9.5±0.2 9.5±0.2 Width (mm) 69.85±0.25 69.85±0.25 Length (mm) 100.2±0.25 100.2±0.25 Weight (gram) 102 max 95 max 6.8.2 Mounting hole locations The mounting hole locations and size of the drive are in mm. All dimensions are shown below. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive...
Specifications - Page 64

...the Set Max unlock counter don't retain over a Power On Reset but persist over a COMRESET or Soft Reset. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 52 Device 0 Passed Error ... 04h 05h 8xh Description No error detected Formatter device error Sector buffer error ECC circuitry error Controller microprocessor error Device 1 failed The meaning of the Error Register diagnostic codes...
Specifications - Page 65

.... The specified start /stop life of data sectors recorded on the device's media is controlled by routing the back-EMF of the data sector...than the normal case, and the unload process is greater than 100 normal unloads. For example: • Data loss from the ...drive. The sector contents are unloaded by the drive microcode. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 53
Specifications - Page 70

.... Higher attribute values indicate that the analysis algorithms being used by the device are used to the prediction of degrading or faulty conditions for this feature as listed below: Security Set Password Security Unlock ('F1'h) ('F2'h) Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 58 10.8.1 Attributes Attributes are the specific performance or calibration parameters...
Specifications - Page 71

... the Master Password with the master password. The system manufacturer or dealer who intends to FFFEh. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 59 When the device lock function is enabled and the User Password is not set by Security Set Password command with a Security Erase Unit command can be given or changed by a Security Unlock or a Security...
Specifications - Page 72

... a User Password is set, the device will automatically enter lock mode the next time the device is powered on. Table 33: Initial setting < Setting password > POR Set Password with User Password Normal operation Power off POR Device locked mode < No setting password > POR Normal operation Power off POR Device unlocked mode Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 60...
Specifications - Page 73

... the commands in Table 36: "Command table for POR POR Device Locked mode Unlock CMD Password Match ? 10.9.4.3 Operation from POR after user password is set When Device Lock Function is enabled, the device rejects media access command until a Security Unlock command is successfully completed. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 61 Table 34: Usual operation for...
Specifications - Page 74

The device counts the password mismatch. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 62 Table 35: Password lost 10.9.4.5 Attempt limit for the SECURITY UNLOCK command The SECURITY UNLOCK command has an attempt limit, the purpose of Word 128 in Identify Device information is set, and then the SECURITY ERASE UNIT command and the SECURITY UNLOCK command are cleared after...
Specifications - Page 75

...Write Verify x o o Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 63 Write log sector o o o S.M.A.R.T. Return Status o o S.M.A.R.T. Table 36: Command table for device lock operation Command Check Power Mode Device Configuration RESTORE Device Configuration FREEZE LOCK Device Configuration IDENTIFY Device Configuration SET Execute Device Diagnostic Flush Cache Flush Cache...
Specifications - Page 76

...ADDRESS command to 0FFFFFh 1. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 64 The LBA/CYL changed by the following example uses hypothetical values. Device characteristics: Capacity (native) ...SET PASSWORD • Set Max LOCK • Set Max FREEZE LOCK • Set Max UNLOCK 10.10.1 Example for protected area (LBA > = 0FC000h) if required. Make the entire device accessible...
Specifications - Page 77

... five and is decremented for each password mismatch when Set Max UNLOCK is issued and the device is not related to be accessed until the next power cycle. When this command is accepted, the device is in the Set Max Locked mode. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 65 This password is locked. This command requests...
Specifications - Page 78

...seek commands. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 66 The first seek command completes before the actual seek operation is over. With this measurement must including the device and host ...host but persist over a COMRESET or software reset. The password, the Set Max security mode, and the unlock counter do not persist over a power cycle but actual seek...
Specifications - Page 126

... of the ECC functions of the device. Use of the 51 byte ECC mode is provided by means of ECC data on all data written or read from the disk. Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 114 LBA Low LBA High...head number of the transferred sector. (L = 0) In LBA mode, this register contains current LBA bits 24-27. (L = 1) The device internally uses 51 bytes of an emulation.
Specifications - Page 147

... bits16-23 (High). (L = 1) H In LBA mode this register contains the current LBA bits 24-27. (L = 1) Travelstar 5K100 (Serial ATA) Hard Disk Drive Specification 135 The user can detect if the attempt to unlock the device has failed due to a mismatched password since this is the only reason that an abort error will be formatted for a seek to...

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