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I have a Crucial M4 that I attempted to Secure Erase using Linux (via a USB to SATA connector, which I now know was a bad move). I set the drive password, attempted (and failed) Secure Erase.
So I removed the drive and plugged it back into the laptop; however, it refuses to boot, even when I put the password in (which is 'test'). It wont even let me boot off the CD with the SSD installed, it wont let me into the BIOS or boot selection menu and just brings up the password prompt.
I tried booting a Ubuntu CD and hotplugging the SSD, which caused the machine to restart.
Now, in either Ubuntu (via LiveCD on the laptop) or the Linux box I used, it won't show properly in HDPARM and I can't get the password off.
I just get this (in Ubuntu):
Any ideas?
Attempts to unlock it fail:
Should I try reflashing the firmware? (I don't need any data off the drive)
So I removed the drive and plugged it back into the laptop; however, it refuses to boot, even when I put the password in (which is 'test'). It wont even let me boot off the CD with the SSD installed, it wont let me into the BIOS or boot selection menu and just brings up the password prompt.
I tried booting a Ubuntu CD and hotplugging the SSD, which caused the machine to restart.
Now, in either Ubuntu (via LiveCD on the laptop) or the Linux box I used, it won't show properly in HDPARM and I can't get the password off.
I just get this (in Ubuntu):
Code:
root@ubuntu:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: f0 00 02 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 3a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ATA device, with non-removable media
Standards:
Likely used: 1
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 0 0
heads 0 0
sectors/track 0 0
--
Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 0 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 0 MBytes
cache/buffer size = unknown
Capabilities:
IORDY not likely
Cannot perform double-word IO
R/W multiple sector transfer: not supported
DMA: not supported
PIO: pio0Any ideas?
Attempts to unlock it fail:
Code:
root@ubuntu:~# hdparm --user-master u --security-unlock test /dev/sda
security_password="test"
/dev/sda:
Issuing SECURITY_UNLOCK command, password="test", user=user
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: f0 00 02 00 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 3a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00Should I try reflashing the firmware? (I don't need any data off the drive)
Looks like you did 
This is good info for when I do my secure erase on both my ssd's.
