Accessing a hard drive locked with a password

[PP Mguire]

This isn't a Bitlocker type encryption, did you even Google the issue? These Thinkpads are using a different form of FDE that prevents access from the outside or separate machine from accessing the drive that is encrypted. Even a Truecrypt drive that's plugged into a different machine will prompt for volume format before access. He's stated he can't do anything with the volume in disk management on another machine. I understand this issue because it's exactly the same on my work machines that are HP. You plug the drive into another machine and it sees it but you can't access it. The only way to erase the drive is by going into their bios and using the secure wipe function. With the age of the machine they clearly don't have that function in their bios. That's the function of the software he was confused on using, to wipe their crpto key so you can wipe the drive.

Edit: Look at this thread, the guy is using a Samsung SSD and even Samsung's software can't access it.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo...ideapad-510S-14IKB/m-p/3534991?page=1#3534991

Edit2: The only alternative I can think of is trying fdisk, but if he can't figure out their easy software I doubt he can use Fdisk.

 

[1etherer]

This isn't a Bitlocker type encryption, did you even Google the issue? These Thinkpads are using a different form of FDE that prevents access from the outside or separate machine from accessing the drive that is encrypted. Even a Truecrypt drive that's plugged into a different machine will prompt for volume format before access. He's stated he can't do anything with the volume in disk management on another machine. I understand this issue because it's exactly the same on my work machines that are HP. You plug the drive into another machine and it sees it but you can't access it. The only way to erase the drive is by going into their bios and using the secure wipe function. With the age of the machine they clearly don't have that function in their bios. That's the function of the software he was confused on using, to wipe their crpto key so you can wipe the drive.

Edit: Look at this thread, the guy is using a Samsung SSD and even Samsung's software can't access it.
https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo...ideapad-510S-14IKB/m-p/3534991?page=1#3534991

Edit2: The only alternative I can think of is trying fdisk, but if he can't figure out their easy software I doubt he can use Fdisk.

Thats more like it, facts on the issue , ok you taught me something new.

PLus I think Ill purchase one of these SED thanks


So I found this video explaining how you can format it, using a Seagate tool, Seatools SSD CLI/GUI.

https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/seatools/

Apparently should work on any SED drive, also he mentions there should be a key on the disk used for wiping it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAIelmoEBus


Hopefully following that allows you to format the disk.

 

[Mr_Fux0rUp]

I use Dban to wipe hard drives. Haven't had one yet it didn't work on.