Is there a software emulates a SATA interface on a USB storage device, tricking Windows into recognizing the USB SSD as a SATA SSD.
Sandisk Extreme Portable is locked under bios password - dont know the password or even the computer I did this on.
I tried many methods. Found that secure erase will work on AOEMI Partition Assistant if I can make windows see the usb as a sata device.
I do not care about the data. Hate that this thing is locked. Been on the backburner of stuff do fix and was hoping to correct this issue.
You could (carefully) run a dd command to blast the partition data off the drive, in Linux or any Unix based system.
Let’s say your drive was recognised as /dev/sdc when you plugged it in.
First, make sure it’s unmounted:
sudo umount /dev/sdc
Then blast a gigabyte of zeros over the partition information:
2. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1G count=1
The partition information is usually stored on the very first couple of megabytes on the drive, so blasting a gig’s worth of zeros linearly onto it should make it show up as an empty device next time you unplug and plug it in.
I wouldn’t expect Linux to be able to write to it if that’s it. It won’t even see the actual drive, just the non-writeable CD drive.
Honestly, I’d probably just write off the drive if the data isn’t important. The amount of time that’s required to basically get a used hard drive is probably not going to be worth it.
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You could (carefully) run a dd command to blast the partition data off the drive, in Linux or any Unix based system.
Let’s say your drive was recognised as /dev/sdc when you plugged it in.
First, make sure it’s unmounted:
Then blast a gigabyte of zeros over the partition information: 2. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=1G count=1
The partition information is usually stored on the very first couple of megabytes on the drive, so blasting a gig’s worth of zeros linearly onto it should make it show up as an empty device next time you unplug and plug it in.
I’m not familiar with whatever this Sandisk portable thing is, but SanDisk is a drive manufacturer, in which case it may be drive-level.
googles
Sounds like when it’s locked, the drive presents itself as a CD drive containing a Windows executable that unlocks it.
https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/how-do-i-fully-remove-sandisk-unlocker/
I wouldn’t expect Linux to be able to write to it if that’s it. It won’t even see the actual drive, just the non-writeable CD drive.
Honestly, I’d probably just write off the drive if the data isn’t important. The amount of time that’s required to basically get a used hard drive is probably not going to be worth it.
I’ll give it a try! So frustrating