try to disable SMART attributes.', I disable this attributes and retry but no success.Īny help I will be very thankful because I really need it to work and my head will explode due to number of attempts I made without any success With Parted Magic version (included in UBCD last release), if I connect the SSD in ATA mode or USB mode it is detected by Parted Magic and also by Disk Eraser tool, I can chose (the last option from the list), it ask me if I know what I am going to do, then it tells me ' that an advanced mode is present and therefore can be used, click to perform it or to proceed with current mode', I end with the same error in both cases and the process stops, the error message says that ' An error has occurred. HDDErase 4.0 freezes at the verbose screen and not even load. With HDDErase 3.3, it doesn't even detect the SSD, I tried with all options jmicron, UBM., Non UB., connected the SSD from an external USB case and loading USB drivers in order to make it detected by HDDERase in DOS mode, changed the USB port, making it internal, switching between ATA and SATA in the BIOS of my DELL Latitude D830, but no success, HDDErase 3.3 displays all the time:

I bought a used Samsung SSD 256 GB - 830 series, and unfortunately I discovered that it is locked using an ATA BIOS password, so each time I restart the laptop, the BIOS displays a white screen asking me the SSD drive ATA password, I read a lot of threads on the net on how to remove this password by making a secure erase and I applied them, especially this topic, but unfortunately none of them works for me.

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