Hard Drive Passwords - Revision history

Jessek: /* Vendors */ - Fixed link

2009-07-20T10:44:12Z

‎Vendors: - Fixed link

Jessek: Removed non-NPV vendor text.

2009-07-20T10:43:56Z

Removed non-NPV vendor text.

.FUF at 18:12, 16 July 2009

2009-07-16T18:12:49Z

Honglake: /* Vendors */

2009-07-16T12:13:15Z

‎Vendors

.FUF at 18:19, 8 June 2009

2009-06-08T18:19:11Z

.FUF: added some master passwords

2009-06-08T18:03:03Z

added some master passwords

Simsong at 07:38, 31 March 2009

2009-03-31T07:38:49Z

Simsong at 07:38, 31 March 2009

2009-03-31T07:38:00Z

.FUF: more info

2008-12-14T12:26:40Z

more info

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2008-07-17T16:11:56Z

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 * [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]
-* [[SalvationData]] sells several products for recovery from what they call "Stage 2 physical data damage". See [[Data Compass]].
+* [[SalvationDATA]] sells several products for recovery from what they call "Stage 2 physical data damage". See [[Data Compass]].
 = Master Passwords =

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 * [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]
-* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools such as [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-doctor.htm HD Doctor Suite], [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/data-compass.htm Data Compass] and [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-hpe-pro.htm HD HPE Pro] for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.
+* [[SalvationData]] sells several products for recovery from what they call "Stage 2 physical data damage". See [[Data Compass]].
 = Master Passwords =

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 * [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]
-* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools such as [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-doctor.htm HD Doctor Suite],[http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/data-compass.htm Data Compass]and [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-hpe-pro.htm HD HPE Pro]for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.
+* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools such as [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-doctor.htm HD Doctor Suite], [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/data-compass.htm Data Compass] and [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-hpe-pro.htm HD HPE Pro] for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.
 = Master Passwords =

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 * [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]
-* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.
+* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools such as [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-doctor.htm HD Doctor Suite],[http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/data-compass.htm Data Compass]and [http://www.salvationdata.com/data-recovery-equipment/hd-hpe-pro.htm HD HPE Pro]for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.
 = Master Passwords =

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	* Western Digital: ''WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD''		* Western Digital: ''WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD''
	* Maxtor: ''MaxtorINIT SECURITY TEST STEPF'' (''*'' means ''00h'')		* Maxtor: ''MaxtorINIT SECURITY TEST STEPF'' (''*'' means ''00h'')
		+	* Seagate: ''Seagate''
		+	* Fujitsu, Hitachi, Toshiba: 32 spaces
		+	* Samsung: ''tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt''
		+	* IBM:
		+	** ''CED79IJUFNATIT''
		+	** ''VON89IJUFSUNAJ''
		+	** ''RAM00IJUFOTSELET''

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	* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.		* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.
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		+	= Master Passwords =
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		+	''These passwords were received from unofficial sources, they may not work!''
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		+	* Western Digital: ''WDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWDCWD''
		+	* Maxtor: ''MaxtorINIT SECURITY TEST STEPF'' (''*'' means ''00h'')

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	* [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]		* [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]

−	* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations.	+	* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations. You can buy it from http://www.computersciencelabs.com.

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	* [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]		* [http://www.vogon-investigation.com/password-cracker-solution.htm Using the Vogon Password Cracker POD, the protection from the drive can be removed]
		+
		+	* [http://www.salvationdata.com SalvationData] sells a system for "Stage 2 physical data damage" recovery from HDDs. The company sells tools for swapping out platters from one drive into another drive, changing the firmware on drives, and other kinds of operations.

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 =Vendors=
-Disklabs (www.disklabs.com) is able to remove some forms of hard drive passwords.
+* Disklabs (www.disklabs.com) is able to remove some forms of hard drive passwords.
-Dell will assist law enforcement in removing the passwords from password-protected hard drives. You need to provide Dell with a copy of the search warrant and the computer's service tag #. Reportedly this can be done over the phone, once you have a good relationship with Dell.
+* Dell will assist law enforcement in removing the passwords from password-protected hard drives. You need to provide Dell with a copy of the search warrant and the computer's service tag #. Reportedly this can be done over the phone, once you have a good relationship with Dell.

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 Some hard drives support passwords. These passwords can be implemented in computer's operating system, its BIOS, or even in the hard drive's firmware.  Passwords implemented in the OS are the easiest to remove, those in the firmware are the hardest.
-Sometimes people use the term "password" but the hard drive is really [[Full Disk Encryption|encrypted]], and the password is used to unlock a decryption key. These passwords cannot be removed---the encryption key must be cracked or discovered through another means.
+Sometimes people use the term "password" but the hard drive is really [[Full Disk Encryption|encrypted]], and the password is used to unlock a decryption key. These passwords cannot be removed — the encryption key must be cracked or discovered through another means.
 =Vendors=