SH**, accidentally triggered Secure Erase on consumer spinning HDD (WD Red 4TB), now asking for HDD password - bricked?

THANK YOU!

Sometimes, you should just click the “help” menu :slight_smile:

I’m so used to “help” not being any help that I didn’t even think of that (“Help” -> “Disable Security” in the Parted Magic Secure Erase tool).

(And yes, I’m using the subscription version since this distribution really helps normies a lot - even I can tell a shitty the SSD manufacturers’ software tools are, it’s just nice to be able to have all these features with a user-friendly GUI)

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