SeaTools for DOS runs independent from your operating system on its own CD or bootable USB drive. Two posts in two days - must be losing my mojo.Seagate SeaTools is free hard drive testing software.
Before you ask me, "Why didn't you wipe it in the old computer, idiot?", it's because the optical drive had been harvested from the old clunker. I'm going to put the drive back in the old computer and see what the status is. There was NEVER a password needed for booting when the hard drive was in the old PC. Is it the act of changing the computer the drive was in causing the locking? I'm pretty confused. I don't know if I have two different things going on here (Boot & Nuke failure) AND the freeze locking or both the same. Rebooted again and still can't wipe it with Boot & Nuke from UBCD. Ran SEATools and it's NOT locked this time. One time, I let the PC start up and got to the Boot Options Menu, unplugged the power from the Seagate drive, plugged it back in and chose to boot from the UBCD in the optical drive. I tried turning off the PC and restating - same situation. However, once it is frozen, it remains locked until a power cycle or hardware reset." I read this article and specifically this line: "The drive can be frozen by the BIOS, the OS, or possibly a software application. Running all these tools from the UBCD 5.1.1 SEATools tells me that the drive is Security Freeze Locked. Boot & Nuke kept erroring out when I tried to wipe the drive. I put it into my utility computer (HP a1310n) on which I do this kind of thing. So, all I wanted to do was take this drive out of an old computer and wipe it using Darik's Boot & Nuke.
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