Dustin Cook -> Jean Parrot said..

 DC> http://www.hdd-tools.com/products/rrs/
 DC> Repair Station has the ability to access the Firmware Area and reset the
 DC> password, thus making your hard drive unlocked.

 DC> If you don't want to unlock the drive for the data, but just erase it and
 DC> start anew, you can use this tool: (It will dump the drives data in the
 DC> process tho)
 DC> http://www.hddunlock.com

Interesting.  I would be very interested in how Jean manages with these.

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