Software to unlock a laptop SATA HD?

What software can i use to do it? Any freeware?
There´s no problem if the information is lost.
Thanks!

 

What exactly do you mean by "unlock"? Does the laptop have Windows installed and are you missing the user account password?

 

Depends on what kind of "lock" you're dealing with. There's a more in-depth explanation of some core issues at http://www.wwpi.com/?option=com_content&task=view&id=2669&Itemid=129

If you don't care about data recovery, it might be cheaper just to buy a new hard drive.

 

Seems to work but is paid, i´m looking for some freeware. thanks anyway.

It isn't a windows account that is "locked", but the HD (Western Digital) itself, with a password.
So far i´ve tried some tools in Hirens but no luck so far

 

I would first try this software.

http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/

If that does not work try the following.

Zero it out with Gparted Live CD. But, the drive needs to be connected via a SATA cable, not USB. Hopefully you will be able to clear the password by disconnecting and connecting as shown in the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZwTaOHdT4

Edit: I guess Victek123 and I had the same idea at the exact same time.

 

How about this low level formatting utility:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool.shtml

As tgell noted you want to boot with a rescue CD/DVD and have the drive in the PC. Another possibility is upgrading the drive's firmware. Check on the Western Digital website for a new firmware version

http://wdc.com/en/

 

I was referring to the use of hdparm as far as connecting internally.

I may be wrong but I thought HDD llformat works using a USB adapter or enclosure.

 

Thanks, I'll try your suggestions when i get back to work in a couple of days

 

Well, HDD unlock seems to work except it cost $15+ per drive. Low format or any other utilities will not work. Send me your tag number and I may help.

 

Thanks a lot for trying to help, but the tag is damaged and some characters aren't visible

 

The llformat or the internal erase command of hdparm did not work for you?

 

Just tried them both, and it didn't worked. I´ll try the firmware update now...

edit: no firmware update available... seems that HDD Unlock is the only way out.

thanks everyone for trying to help

 

The more I read about this, the only option that seems to work is HDD unlock.