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Can the HPA and DCA contain user data from the filesystem?
The HPA and DCO are hidden areas on some drives that can be used to install firmware-based malware or deliberately hide some files.
Tools like hdparm can be used to wipe these areas, as can most ...
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How to erase a locked SSD
I received 2 locked SSDs.
I managed to unfreeze them by a power cycle.
hdparm reports:
supported
enalbed
locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enchanced ...
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Why is hdparm not available on Cygwin?
I'm running Cygwin on Windows 7 and have done for several years now. I use kou1okada's brilliant fork of apt-cyg to install packages from the Cygwin repository, and up until now this has suited me ...
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hdparm doesn't read SSD? HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
I'm trying to use hdparm to do secure erase of my 512GB SSD SK Hynix.
SSD has Windows 10 installed in it.
I boot Ubuntu from a usb flash drive.
sudo fdisk -l
I get a lot of different disks, turns out ...
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Partially Solved: SSD security password - stuck with an I/O Error
Model in question is a Kingston SV300S37A120G.
I read here that when trying to unlock a security password, I should put “quotes” around it if it contains special characters. Does that apply for caps?
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