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What to do about Password protected SSD drive?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

‎11-17-2010 02:19 PM

I buy used computer hardware in bulk lots most of it comes from companies that are upgrading or shutting down. I recently came into possession of an Intel X25-V SSD that is password protected. The data on the drive is irrelevant to me and I would just like to do a format/partition and make the drive usable. Is this possible to do myself or would I have to send the drive to Intel? Anyone have any experience with this?

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

‎11-17-2010 06:52 PM

The data is encrypted so you will not be able to read it. However, that should not prevent you from reformatting the drive.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III
In response to idata

‎11-17-2010 07:01 PM

If I understand correctly it is an ATA Password, the bios pops up a screen on boot asking for the drive's password (or the master password). When I connect it to a computer that has Windows it appears in the device manager but I can't access anything from it or query it for any config info.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III
In response to idata

‎11-18-2010 02:32 PM

Are you sure it is an ATA Password protected SSD and not just data encrypted?

I am not aware of any unlock software that support SSDs yet.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III
In response to idata

‎11-18-2010 10:09 PM

I'm pretty sure that its a ATA Password or whatever the "hard drive password" that you set from the bios is.

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