{"id":579,"date":"2011-11-28T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zensonic.dk\/?p=579"},"modified":"2017-04-09T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T10:03:05","slug":"brute-force-password-cracking-of-ata-security-locked-harddrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zensonic.dk\/?p=579","title":{"rendered":"Brute force password cracking of ATA security locked harddrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I found a x41 thinkpad<\/a> in good condition, but with a locked 1.8″\u00c2\u00a0drive. I google a bit and found that there is almost no chance of buying a new 1.8″ drive. So now what? I could mod the machine with SSD like this guy<\/a> has done. Or I could try to crack the password of the 1.8″ drive. I’ll try the latter before I give in an mod the machine.<\/p>\n

So how do I crack the password of a 1.8″ drive. You can buy all kinds of stuff of the internet. And lo and behold. Someone<\/a> claims to be able to give you the master password if you give them some stash.<\/p>\n

Instead of handing out my money to strangers on the internet, I read the ATA specs<\/a> and tried to do it like this:<\/p>\n