Replies to post #31361 on Dream Machine

[Don]

That is so special... Remind me not to buy eMachines' products.

Agreed, that shouldn't happen to a running machine.

[sidedraft]

If all else fails you might try this:

Its alright i have solved the problem. it seems the latest version of "hirens boot cd" (ver 9. has an updated version off the program called HDDerase. The new program has a security erase option in which it will attempt to unlock a locked hard drive by using a bunch of known passwords. Anyways the process worked and the drive is unlocked and i am using again ^_^.

http://forum.hddguru.com/unlocking-western-digital-hard-drive-t12102.html

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd