Unlock Westerne Digital

[mafalda771]

Hi,

Thank you for the tutotial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz51UelzByA
I have an issue with the creation of the file passord.bin
The file is empty (0 bytes) but you mentioned that the file should be 40 bytes

I still tried to proceed with the other commands. And on the last command, I received the following error message :
/dev/sdd: No such file or directory

[SofianeHamlaoui]

Hi there @mafalda771 ,
First of all , both errors are normal , because to generate the password.bin file you have to inter a valid device name !
to solve that ! can you share with me the output of your ' lsblk ' command ?

[mafalda771]

Hi Sofiane,

Here is the output ' lsblk ':
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 0 465,8G 0 part /media/mafalda/668690EA1950E
sdb 8:16 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sdb2 8:18 0 110,9G 0 part /
└─sdb3 8:19 0 7,9G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 0 931,5G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 30M 0 rom /media/mafalda/WD Unlocker

I think I managed to create the passport.bin file, this time with 40 bytes.

Then I try the last command : "sudo sg_raw -s 40 -i password.bin /dev/sdc c1 e1 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00"

At the beginning I recieved, the output "SCSI Status: Good", but I still could not access to the drive.

Then, when I try again, I get the following output :
SCSI Status: Check Condition

Sense Information:
Fixed format, current; Sense key: Illegal Request
ASC=74, vendor specific qualification ASCQ=81 (hex)

[SofianeHamlaoui]

So, lets start from the beginning !

You received "SCSI Status: Good" means the tool worked perfectly, Now are you sure the drive is working perfectly ?
also, you can't try that command twice at the same time, when the output is "SCSI Status: Good" all you have is to mount the drive and that's it (sudo mount /dev/sdc)

[mafalda771]

The drive works perfectly on windows, and no issue to lock or unlock it from windows.

I tried again on linux, and received the correct output "SCSI Status: Good"

When I try to mount the drive using the command "sudo mount /dev/sdc"
I receive the output :"impossible to find /dev/sdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"

[SofianeHamlaoui]

Aw ! After receiving the correct output, try an 'lsblk' command and send me the output.

[mafalda771]

Here is the output

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 0 465,8G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sdb2 8:18 0 110,9G 0 part /
└─sdb3 8:19 0 7,9G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 0 931,5G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 30M 0 rom /media/mafalda/WD Unlocker

[mafalda771]

Ok, so I tried something else. I restarted the computer after having received the correct "SCSI Status : Good" output. And the drive appears instantly this time. I can access to it with no problem.

Then, if a restart the computer one more time, it disappear.

At least, I found a way to access to the drive!
Do you have any idea why it requires to restart after the last command?

[SofianeHamlaoui]

Hi ! In the YouTube video you can see that just after SCSI Status : Good" output you can access the drive directly without a restart, means the drive appears directly on your file manager.
When you restart the computer you have to do the commands again, that's why i shared with the repo a (bash) HERE to automate that!
(you can add that to your startup session so it starts at the same time with the window manager you use.

[mafalda771]

Hi!

Indeed I saw on the video that you can access to the drive straight after the SCSI Status : Good output.
And I understand that you have to do the commands again when you restart the computer.

The weird thing on my side is that when I get the "SCSI Status : Good" output :

• the drive does not appear on my file manager
• the "sudo mount /dev/sdc" command get the "impossible to find /dev/sdc in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab" output
• the "lsblk" command get the "sdc 8:32 0 931,5G 0 disk" output

However, if I restart my computer straight after the "SCSI Status : Good" output, then the drive appears in my file manager !
I can access to it, and the lsblk command receives the following output :

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 0 465,8G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 119,2G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sdb2 8:18 0 110,9G 0 part /
└─sdb3 8:19 0 7,9G 0 part [SWAP]
sdc 8:32 0 931,5G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 931,5G 0 part /media/mafalda/My Passport1
sr0 11:0 1 30M 0 rom /media/mafalda/WD Unlocker

Then, if I restart one more time the computer, the drive disappears and I have to start again the "sudo sg_raw -s 40 -i password.bin /dev/sdc c1 e1 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00" command and restart the computer once.

This is fine for me. At least it works. I just wonder why I have to restart after the "SCSI Status : Good" output in order to make the drive appear...

[SofianeHamlaoui]

@mafalda771 Hi , Tell me ?
Are you using Xfce ?
Try to install these 2 packages : gvfs and thunar-volman ( sudo pacman -S gvfs thunar-volman )
restart you pc and do that again !

[mafalda771]

Hi Sofiane,
I do not know what Xfce is, so I am probably not using it ;)

Anyway, I do not want to waste too much your time... Your tuto and support helped me already a lot ! Thank you for that. :D

[SofianeHamlaoui]

No worries man,
You are welcomed to open another issue anytime you have any problems concerning that.
Have a nice day.
( closing the issue )

[sergiigladchuk]

Hi,
Your initial command after unlocking drive:
sudo mount /dev/sdc

was not correct. You should have used:

sudo mount /dev/sdc1

since after unlocking drive, first and usually only partition is visible to the system and that is the device you want to mount not sdc.