- Jul 12, 2015
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Hello fellow Tom's hardware forum members,
This would be my first post in this forum, i have always considered returning here if nothing i gave a shot works. But this time, this issue is a bit obscure and might be one of a kind.
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HDD Specs :
Toshiba model MQ01ABD100 rev. AAD AA10/AX002D manufactured back in May 27 2012
1 TB 5400RPM SATA "Advanced AF Format"
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This harddrive was the secondary drive in a Dell Alienware M14X R2 middle eastern model, which used the IRST "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" to manage drives in the system, the primary drive was a generic 60 GB Tai Shun Msata SSD.
How this happened still seems to be baffling me, i restarted the computer just as usual but this time it booted and windows didn't recognize the HDD.
It can be found in the BIOS and the IRST control panel, but when i click on it in the IRST panel it says that the drive is locked by a password. I never actually launched the IRST panel let alone set a password to any HDD i used before.....
And also, no one touched my computer since i was working on a few maps at the time.
Ever since this happened, when i plug it in any computer via SATA or SATA-USB Bridge and open Computer Management/Disk Management it tells me "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it" and asks me to initialize it either in GPT or MBR, so that appears to be another issue on its own?
Haven't tried initializing it since that would wipe the data contained in it, i have some important stuff there including +300 hours on the maps i mentioned above.
I have seen this tool on the net :
http://www.hdd-tools.com/
It has two editions, the first is free and it unlocks the drive and wipes it, and the second unlocks it and retains the data but it comes with a price tag.
But from what i know, it seems to only unlock BIOS passwords, not IRST software passwords...
Thank you for reading this thread and i appreciate any information about the subject.
This would be my first post in this forum, i have always considered returning here if nothing i gave a shot works. But this time, this issue is a bit obscure and might be one of a kind.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
HDD Specs :
Toshiba model MQ01ABD100 rev. AAD AA10/AX002D manufactured back in May 27 2012
1 TB 5400RPM SATA "Advanced AF Format"
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
This harddrive was the secondary drive in a Dell Alienware M14X R2 middle eastern model, which used the IRST "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" to manage drives in the system, the primary drive was a generic 60 GB Tai Shun Msata SSD.
How this happened still seems to be baffling me, i restarted the computer just as usual but this time it booted and windows didn't recognize the HDD.
It can be found in the BIOS and the IRST control panel, but when i click on it in the IRST panel it says that the drive is locked by a password. I never actually launched the IRST panel let alone set a password to any HDD i used before.....
And also, no one touched my computer since i was working on a few maps at the time.
Ever since this happened, when i plug it in any computer via SATA or SATA-USB Bridge and open Computer Management/Disk Management it tells me "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it" and asks me to initialize it either in GPT or MBR, so that appears to be another issue on its own?
Haven't tried initializing it since that would wipe the data contained in it, i have some important stuff there including +300 hours on the maps i mentioned above.
I have seen this tool on the net :
http://www.hdd-tools.com/
It has two editions, the first is free and it unlocks the drive and wipes it, and the second unlocks it and retains the data but it comes with a price tag.
But from what i know, it seems to only unlock BIOS passwords, not IRST software passwords...
Thank you for reading this thread and i appreciate any information about the subject.
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