What our customers say:

“I have a Western Digital Caviar Black 1-TB drive. I used boot n nuke to wipe it and set a password for the session. After it was complete, The drive was locked. It wouldn\'t except the password I used. This software unlocked my drive! Thanks a million!”

Jason Smith

“Hello, My name is James Faircloth, owner of Computer Logics in Fayetteville, NC. I wanted to thank you for HDD Unlock! I tried for 2 days to unlock the HDD password and just couldnt succeed. I searched online and for only $20 you saved me and the customer time and money! So thanks again!”

James Faircloth

“Dont waste countless hours, like I did, searching the web in countless forums for unlocking software that probably doesnt exist. Within an hour after downloading, my drive was usable again!

Its worth every penny! Thanks HDD Unlock Wizard!”

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HDD Unlock Wizard is a user-friendly application which allows you to easily remove HDD password. IDE and SATA hard disk drives are supported. Both User and Master password can be removed.

While unlocking, HDD Unlock Wizard will erase and re-certify the drive.
If you need unlocking which is safe to your data, please use A-FF Repair Station

HDD Unlock Wizard supports:

Unlocking of desktop drives
Unlocking of X-BOX drives
Unlocking of 2.5-inch laptop drives

List of supported drives

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Unlocking of a 80GB HDD takes approximately 25 minutes. 2.5 inch notebook drives need slightly more time.

What is HDD Password?

All hard disk drives have the possibility to set a hardware password, thus making the drive completely inaccessible unless a correct password is provided during the BIOS POST test. When you set a password on your notebook, the drive becomes locked as well. XBox gaming consoles and some desktop computers can also lock hard disk drives. This is usually called "HDD password" or "ATA password".

If you forget the original HDD password, there is no way of restoring it by generic system tools. HDD Unlock Wizard incorporates proprietary unlocking algorithms which allow to remove an unknown HDD password and make hard drive usable again.