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Seagate 40 gig Drive

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JabbaTHutt

Discussion Starter · Apr 8, 2003

Here is what seagate has to say about the ST340825A drive in the UTV, I asked them how to get access to it and what the master password is, told them it was from a piece of equipment I have that is not worth repairing and it would be a shame to waste such a nice drive.

Hello,

This drive was manufactured for use with a digital video recording system.

It is not qualified and will not work with a standard PC. There are no

utilities available from Seagate that will allow this drive to function in

your PC, as i has been altered by the OEM for use in a specific hardware

environment.

There is no Master Password which will unlock this drive

Danny M.

Seagate Technical Support

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austinsho

· #2 · Apr 8, 2003

Wonderful. That's your normal CYA response.

IIRC, the old trick about unplugging the IDE cable after powering the unit up for 2-3 minutes and letting it continue to spin for about an hour should wipe the drive clean.

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· #3 · Apr 8, 2003

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Originally posted by austinsho
Wonderful. That's your normal CYA response.

IIRC, the old trick about unplugging the IDE cable after powering the unit up for 2-3 minutes and letting it continue to spin for about an hour should wipe the drive clean.

That only works after setting up a new drive in the UTV. And of course that assumes that his UTV still works. (It could be done by a friend's UTV though.)

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