Reformatting locked hard drives?
I've recently harvested a 40GB HD from an old Ultimate TV device and would like to use it with my pc. Problem is that it's locked. I'd seen some threads about using mhd3.exe to unlock and erase it which would then allow me to reformat and reuse it. Unfortunately, I'm having no success unlocking it. Does anyone here have an idea? Not trying to hack the drive so preserving the data isn't an issue. I'm really looking to just wipe it clean and start fresh.
Suggestions appreciated.
Re: Reformatting locked hard drives?
I've had good luck using this: http://dban.sourceforge.net/
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Re: Reformatting locked hard drives?
No dice. It's not able to overcome the lock or the drive is bad. Right now, it looks like I'm toast with this drive.Originally Posted by JBLoudG20
Re: Reformatting locked hard drives?
Eww. Ugly.
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Re: Reformatting locked hard drives?
I've got one more possibility. I've found that I can reflash with the TIVO software which will leave the drive unlocked. If that doesn't succeed, I guess that's it.
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