How do i unlock my hard drive

[nanna]

Hello,
I have placed a password in my hardrive, but not left a hint. So now I need to get in to it and have forgotten my password. Anyway of getting into it please help. Thank you

 

[fzabkar]

If your data is of no value, and if the master password is still at its default factory setting, then an ATA Secure Erase will recover your drive.

See http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml

... and http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/HDDEraseReadMe.txt