Questions tagged [ata-security]
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SSD AES-256 hardware encryption - how to configure?
Recently, I bought Plextor M5 Pro with hardware full-disk AES-256 encryption. Installed it in my laptop, where I have no HDD BIOS password set. From what I read around it seems that the encryption is invisible for the OS and the HDD BIOS password is…
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How to unlock an ATA password-locked HDD with an upper-case password if the BIOS accepts only lower-case?
I accidentally locked an HDD with an ATA password, trying to issue a secure erase command. It was on Linux, I entered this command :
# hdparm --security-erase PWD /dev/sda
So the password is PWD (no need to keep it secret as it doesn't protect…
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How to use ATA security on a hard disk in practice?
My SSD HD supports ATA Security. Does Macbook EFI and linux support it? I know hdparm does. Who will do the unlock at each bootup? Can I still set a password without erasing the disk?
Update: removed "SED full hard disk encryption" from the title…
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