Ainslie1987 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Dear all, I searched n tried more than 10 tutorials for the solution b4 I ended up here. Below is how my problem looks like. Pelease help me to find a a method to bypass the password. Please help me. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 First off, before trying anything I would mount it on a Machine that isn't running Windows (Linux Live CD?) because the U3 software will reformat the drive if any more incorrect guesses are given, but this software only runs on Windows. Just to make sure anything else you try doesn't make it reformat the drive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOSys Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) No, the u3 controller will reformat the device . The counter is also in the controllers domain and there are no known ways to "reset" it . In the very early u3 controller firmware-versions there was a bug that resulted in the drive only being "quick-formatted", allowing the use of data-recovery software, but now the drive performs a ATA-security erase. Doing "stuff" under other OS won't help anything, you need to remember that password right .. Edited September 2, 2010 by IOSys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iisjman07 Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) Can you not clone the physical device (dd maybe, or acronis/ghost, or whatever)? At least that way you'd have a backup of the thing. Forgive me if this isn't possible, but I've never come across this before... Edited September 2, 2010 by iisjman07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOSys Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) No, the password is used to trigger a switch in the controller that opens for access to the NAND . From any OS's POV there IS no storage until the correct pw has been entered . (AFAIK the only reason you can't enter the password under Linux is that nobody bothered porting the log-in software,probably because the source-code isn' available) Furthermore, many versions of cruzers use AES128 internally if you pw-protect the device, even if it wasn't advertised and you didn't pay extra !! so you generally can't pull the NAND from the board and place it in a flash-RAM reader . Edited September 2, 2010 by IOSys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainslie1987 Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 Any other possible way to save my data? I'm full with sorrow and regret. A painful lesson well learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjkurtz Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 i dont care about saving anything on my sandisk extreme portable, i just want to completely wipe it so i can use it again, how do i do this? Im no genius nor am i an idiot but i cannot seem to figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjkurtz Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Anyone help a guy out with that? since its impossible to get in contact with sandisk and id feel like a dick going and buying a new one and swapping it with mine and returning it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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