Recovering data from password protected T30 hard drive

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rutteger · #1 Post by **rutteger** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:40 am

Had a quick search for info, apologies if this has been covered before.

my old T30 has finally died a death. No hd issues. I need the data on the hd but have password protected it. What are my options for recovering the data? Will i be able to read the data if i install the data in a caddy? Have access to other tps, a 240x and t42 - will i be able to install in these and remove the pw?

egibbs · #2 Post by **egibbs** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:19 am

Your best bet is probably a caddy in the T42. It should prompt you for the 2nd HDD password at startup, and once you supply it the drive should unlock and you'll be able to copy the info off.

You may also be able to remove the password from the T42 BIOS, but that is iffier.

Ed Gibbs

andyP · #3 Post by **andyP** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:48 pm

You should be able to get at your files and also delete the password. Here's a very similar situation.

#4 Post by **jdhurst** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:53 pm

For the couple of times I removed a HD password, I had to do it in the original machine. I could not do it in another machine (and I knew all the BIOS and HD passwords). So very iffy indeed. ... JDH

rutteger · #5 Post by **rutteger** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:45 pm

Cheers for the response chaps, will try my ultrbay in the T42 at some point, see if it works. If not assume a direct install of ther HD in the T42 will allow me to access the drive and remove the pw.

egibbs · #6 Post by **egibbs** » Wed May 21, 2008 6:02 am

rutteger wrote:Cheers for the response chaps, will try my ultrbay in the T42 at some point, see if it works. If not assume a direct install of ther HD in the T42 will allow me to access the drive and remove the pw.

A T30 Windows install may or may not boot well enough in a T42 to get to the point where you could open an Explorer window - depends how significant the hardware differences are. The Ultrabay is your better option.

One other possibility would be to put the T30 drive in the primary slot, then boot from an Ultrabay device or USB stick with another OS - any Linux "live" versions should work as long as it has support for NTFS.

BTW - one thing that definitely would not work is putting the locked disk in a USB drive enclosure. USB drives do not support the IDE password protocol, so don't waste your money.

Ed Gibbs

#7 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed May 21, 2008 6:16 am

Alternative option: find someone else with a T30, put your HD in there and unlock the HD. Then use any other means as described above, even the USB case will do.

Try finding a UK TPF-forum-member.

Recovering data from password protected T30 hard drive

Recovering data from password protected T30 hard drive

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