![]() But at the same time the password to lock the drive is not used to encrypt the data so this means at least in theory it should be possible to reset that password at least to a known password value. My conclusion is that the USB controller encodes/encrypts all the data written to the drive so it is not possible to retrieve that data without bypassing the USB controller. When I tried to connect it via the USB enclosure again I noticed that when the drive prompts for the password the password hint does not exist anymore, so my guess is that the password section was overwritten. Using mhdd I could not see the disk is locked so I did a stupid thing that I locked it then unlocked it again. I tried to check whether the drive is locked or not, so I connected it directly via a SATA cable to the PC. ![]() I tried to get the drive out of the USB enclosure and it turned out the drive inside the enclosure is just a 1TB WD caviar green WD10EADS. For some reason I cannot unlock the drive, even though I am quite sure about the password I use but it says the password is invalid. I have a Mybook Essential Western Digital external hard drive.
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