WD locked drive

[Testadura]

Hi,
I had (for cheap) a WD Protégé IDE 80Gb Hdd.
Only one year old but not under warranty by WD.
This drive seams to be locked, so I can't use it WD diagnostic error
code 220 says:
Drive is locked
Security feature of the drive reports locked status. Some vendors use
the security feature to ensure the usage of only specific drives in
their system, or the drive may have been locked by a user using a third
party utility to enable this feature. The same utility and the original
code used to lock the drive are necessary to unlock this drive. Please
contact the system vendor for the above-mentioned information.

Is there any way to unlock it without knoing what utility has been used
to lock it?
Thanks.

 

[Testadura]

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Hi,
I had (for cheap) a WD Protégé IDE 80Gb Hdd.
Only one year old but not under warranty by WD.
This drive seams to be locked, so I can't use it WD diagnostic error
code 220 says:
Drive is locked
Security feature of the drive reports locked status. Some vendors use
the security feature to ensure the usage of only specific drives in
their system, or the drive may have been locked by a user using a
third party utility to enable this feature. The same utility and the
original code used to lock the drive are necessary to unlock this
drive. Please contact the system vendor for the above-mentioned
information.

Is there any way to unlock it without knoing what utility has been
used to lock it?
Thanks.

just forget to say, the drive comes from an Xbox

 

[Joep]

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just forget to say, the drive comes from an Xbox

Yep ... those are locked ...

Maybe look here: http://www.xbox-scene.com/tools/tools.php?page=harddrive

 

[Gordon]

Hi,
I had (for cheap) a WD Protégé IDE 80Gb Hdd.
Only one year old but not under warranty by WD.
This drive seams to be locked, so I can't use it WD diagnostic error
code 220 says:
Drive is locked
Security feature of the drive reports locked status. Some vendors use
the security feature to ensure the usage of only specific drives in
their system, or the drive may have been locked by a user using a third
party utility to enable this feature. The same utility and the original
code used to lock the drive are necessary to unlock this drive. Please
contact the system vendor for the above-mentioned information.

Is there any way to unlock it without knoing what utility has been used
to lock it?

Yes. Use this utility:

http://www.lufthansen.net/xbox/hddunlock.zip

 

[Gordon]

Yes. Use this utility:

http://www.lufthansen.net/xbox/hddunlock.zip

You should be able to find a version with English instructions.

 

[Testadura]

Yes. Use this utility:

You should be able to find a version with English instructions.

On joep's link I already got the same and it was in English, the problem
is that this utility needs the hdd password to unlock the drive, and I
don't know it and I don't have the Xbox.

 

[Gordon]

On joep's link I already got the same and it was in English, the problem
is that this utility needs the hdd password to unlock the drive, and I
don't know it and I don't have the Xbox.

Was this from a modded Xbox... or is it an actual Xbox drive. Xbox hard
drives are 8 or 10GB so could it be an 8GB drive?

 

[Testadura]

Was this from a modded Xbox... or is it an actual Xbox drive. Xbox

hard drives are 8 or 10GB so could it be an 8GB drive?

You are right, it's a 8Gb drive.

 

[Gordon]

You are right, it's a 8Gb drive.

Bin it! ;-)