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Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top secure erase returns input/output error up vote 0 down vote favorite I've already given a detailed description of my predicament in my previous question. Now I've got this: sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase my_password /dev/sda returns: security_password: hdparm enhanced security erase "my_password" /dev/sda: Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="my_password", user=user SECURITY_ERASE: Input/output error What's going on? password secure-erase hdparm share|improve this question edited Jun 13 at 19:45 muru 68.5k12125173 asked Jun 10 at 15:37 m.a.a. 539 Please don't add "solved" to the title. When you can, just mark the correct answer as accepted. –muru Jun 13 at 19:45 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote accepted FYI: unlocking a Kingston SSD by use of hdparm, after setting a user password appears to be impossible. NOTE: The drive will appear as locked next time you reboot after setting your password. Until then, security will only appear as enabled. Whether trying the very user-password you just set, or other variants, such as "", "NULL", NULL or a row of 32 spaces, either as a user-password or as a master-password, will not unlock your drive, but instead give you an Input/output error. sudo hdparm --user-master m --security-erase "" /dev/sda will, however, do the job (that's m as in master, since in Kingston's case
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Posts: 3 SSD Secure Erase Fails Hi,After several years of use I thought the SSD in my https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=169974 Asus EeePC 1000 could benefit from a cell reset as described below:https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SS … l_Clearinghttps://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_EraseI ran the following commands using a recent copy of Arch off a USB stick. # hdparm -V hdparm v9.43 # hdparm -iI /dev/sda /dev/sda: Model=ASUS-PHISON SSD, FwRev=TST2.04U, SerialNo=SOQ1881040 Config={ HardSect NotMFM Fixed DTR>10Mbs } output error RawCHS=15636/16/63, TrkSize=32256, SectSize=512, ECCbytes=4 BuffType=DualPort, BuffSize=1kB, MaxMultSect=1, MultSect=off CurCHS=15636/16/63, CurSects=15761088, LBA=yes, LBAsects=15761088 IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 AdvancedPM=no Drive conforms to: Unspecified: ATA/ATAPI-4,5 * signifies the current active mode CompactFlash ATA device input output error Model Number: ASUS-PHISON SSD Serial Number: SOQ1881040 Firmware Revision: TST2.04U Standards: Supported: 5 4 Likely used: 6 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 15636 15636 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 15761088 LBA user addressable sectors: 15761088 Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes device size with M = 1024*1024: 7695 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 8069 MBytes (8 GB) cache/buffer size = 1 KBytes (type=DualPort) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(cannot be disabled) Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1 Current = 0 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * Power Management feature set * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * CFA feature set *