Unlock computer hard drive

its just maybe that the device is not compatible with linux. try that to windows xp and see what happen.


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HOW are you locked out? CMOS or SOFTWARE?

Here are tutorials for resetting your password. KNOW SOME are like a hand grenade! *everything* MAY be deleted except your Windows 8 (maybe) if you are not careful.

I'll start with the links that may help you most...

FINALLY BE VERY careful downloading ANY and ALL "fixes" or "backdoor" software! MANY-MANY are LOADED with VIRUS or are terribly destructive!

Some may rewrite the HARD DRIVE INTERNAL DRIVERS and your hard drive may never boot or accept software again! Others can corrupt your System CMOS and even VIDEO Card internal instructions so will see NOTHING until you replace the card... this list is almost endless!

Also some rare VIRUS write themselves to your VIDEO CARD MEMORY and you can clean your system as much as you like but I know of no anti-virus that looks there for infections! Even if you replace the hard drive, that infected Video Card can infect your system again and again as long as that card remains... YOU have been warned.

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Sounds like a BIOS setting Plug in a USB keyboard boot up and go to BIOS turn off Toshiba's security platform and any other setting referring to the installed main drive. Then try booting it up again.

If it asks before it even loads into Windows then it is a BIOS password and you can get rid of it by resetting your BIOS which can be done by following the directions in your motherboards manual or if you can tell me the make and model of your motherboard I can help you.

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows 98 SE
• Windows ME
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Mac OS X

ONLY Windows Operating systems supported by Western Digital software. You could attempt running the setup.exe in "compatibility mode" this may resolve the issue. You could also go back to a older computer, remove the lock, and use a different software to encrypt the device. Such as "TrueCrypt"
how to encrypt a drive once you have it installed: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/tutorial



Or buy a NEW Western Digitial Drive that DOES support Windows 8.
Benefits to new drive:
Faster transfer speeds up to 15xCompatibilty with new devices.New FeaturesLarger capacity.

A USB hard drive is a portable external storage device that works just like a conventional hard drive.

The device is simply plugged into a USB port on your computer as you would connect a flash drive.

Unlike a flash drive, however, a USB hard drive can store a much larger amount of data.

If your computer will not recognize your USB hard drive, you can try troubleshooting steps to resolve the problem.

Plug one end of the USB cable into the port on your hard drive and plug the other end into the USB port of your computer. Ensure that both ends of the cable are connected securely.

Open "My Computer" (Windows XP) or "Computer" (Windows Vista/7).

The USB device should be listed as "removable disk" once it is plugged into the computer.

If it is not listed among the available drives on your computer, proceed to the next step.

Ensure that the data cable is working properly.

Sometimes they become faulty due to overstretching age or heavy objects sitting on top of them.

Try another USB cable if you have one available.

Disconnect all other USB devices from the computer as they may interfere with the operating system detecting the external hard drive.

Reboot the computer if the USB hard drive is still not recognized.

Plug the USB cable into another USB port and check to see if the device is detected.

If you are using a USB hub, remove the device and plug the external hard drive directly into a USB port.

If the computer still fails to recognize the device, the external hard drive itself may be experiencing a hardware problem.

Check the status of the hard drive in the "Device Manager" window. Under Windows XP, right click "My Computer" and select "Device Manager."

For Windows Vista and Windows 7, click the "Windows" button in the lower left corner of the screen, then type "Computer Management" in the search bar and press "Enter."

Select "Device Manager" in the "Computer Management" window. In the Device Manager window, click the "+" sign that appears beside "Disk Drives."

If the external drive is not listed, click "Other Devices" in the Device Manager window and see if an "Unknown Device" appears.

Windows 7

First, please disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:

Click "Start" button, type "devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) in the "Search" bar and press "Enter". Click "Continue" if necessary.

In Device Manager, double click to expand "Universal Serial Bus controllers", right click on the Host Controller, click "Uninstall" and click "OK".

Repeat the step 2 to uninstall all items under "Universal Serial Bus controllers".

Then, restart your computer and Windows 7 will reinstall all USB controllers automatically.

If the hard drive that has failed is the same one that you are trying to recover from might the reason that you are getting this error.

This could be an issue where the part of the hard drive you are trying to access is corrupt and not accessible which would explain the reason that it would let you access the other partition.

Now I have seen cases where Malware can break the link of a Hard Drive.

So let's try a couple of steps.

Let's go back in to "Disk Management"

Lets right click on the partition that you are not able to access and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths"

Now try selecting a new Drive Letter.

This will restore the path if it has been broken.

The external hard drive may have been detected but the device is not working properly.

If it is still under warranty, take the device to the computer store where it was purchased to have it repaired or replaced.

Hope this helps

Ive the same issue as yours. I recently updated my OS from windows 7 to windows 8pro. I've an iOmega ego, which works perfectly with windows vista and 7 but doesn't work with windows 8. It doesn't let me past the settling tab to p/w tab. iOmega is still working on a solution for the same. Hope it gets resolved asap!

Have you tried right clicking on the drive and going into properties. Click on security option and make sure that all the permissions for the drive are active with the exception of special permissions. Also look at the advanced security settings and make sure that you have full control permissions. Hope this helps.

you will need

1. Windows 98 se bootdisk
www.bootdisk.com

2. AtaPWD
http://files.filefront.com/atapwdzip/;7100406;/fileinfo.html

Make a windows 98 se bootdisk
copy the atapwd files in there

start dos
Unlock the harddrive.