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Your hex dump of sector623769599withAdapter is of the last sector of the physical drive that is visible via the bridge. The first anomaly I'd like to clear up in my mind is in regard to the slight differences in the user area before and after formatting. With adapter the size of the hard disk reduces by 1372848 bytes (that is near to the size of the V-CD) Sector zero is cyphered if readed directly on the hard disk. Sector zero is in clear if readed with the adapter.
#Wd smartware virtual cd manager mac Pc#
Sector one with hard disk directly connected to PC is composed by zeros. Sector one with adapter, is composed by repeating sequenze ( this is the sequence: 96 6C F5 0F 30 E9 74 2D 2F 43 EF BE 2C F2 18 92 ) i connected the disk without adapter and saved the sector 0 (annexed file sector0withoutAdapter), sector 1 (annexed file sector1withoutAdapter) and the last sector (sector 625142447) (annexed file sector625142447withoutAdapter) i connected the disk with the adapter and saved the sector 0 (annexed file sector0withAdapter), sector 1 (annexed file sector1withAdapter) and the last sector (sector 623769599) (annexed file sector623769599withAdapter)
#Wd smartware virtual cd manager mac install#
i realized a bootable bartPe with HxD (portable) on it (just because i don't want to install anything on this pc) The procedure will generate a report file named SIout.txt.
#Wd smartware virtual cd manager mac archive#
This time you will see an unencrypted HD partition, but not the VCD.Īlternatively, you could Microsoft's Sector Inspector:Įxtract the above archive to the one folder and execute the SIrun.bat file. The same disk used with the SATA-USB adapter, has a V-CD and a NTFS partition. This is apparently how WD's firmware updates tackle the issue.īTW, I believe you can hide the VCD in Windows merely by disabling the VCD device in Device Manager. To prevent the drive from identifying as a VCD, the VCD needs to be disabled in the bridge chip's firmware.
#Wd smartware virtual cd manager mac tv#
Windows can handle this, but his TV media player cannot. To this end, it would be interesting to see how many LBAs are reported by the software.ĪIUI, Gaucho's problem is that the HP drive enumerates as a multifunction device, first as a VCD, and then as a USB mass storage device. I wonder whether the VCD partition is actually visible to disc utilities, or if it is hidden in a HPA. which is close to the figure stated by DR-Kiev. In Gaucho's case the label on his drive shows a capacity of 625142448 LBAs. Afterwards he claims that an increase in the user area from 595.51GB to 595.52GB is evidence that the VCD is gone. In fact prior to the reformat, Windows shows a WD SmartWare volume of size 615 MB. After reformatting, he then claims that an increase in the reported size of the user partition is evidence that the VCD's data area has been reclaimed. In fact the OP in your link appears to have fooled himself by first hiding the VCD using WD's tool. I don't believe HP's tool can write to the VCD. Note: I always do a fast format, not the slow one. I understand that adapter encripts partitions (Hard disk partition and V-CD partition) I can format it using NTFS, obtaining a disk of 297,43GB (note that going in disk properties i found a size of 319.362.912.256 Bytes) When i connect the disk to the adapter and the adapter to the PC via USB, i find a V-CD with the 2 files in it (total size of CD 905216 Byte, with 567296 Byte of files) and a unallocated disk with size 297,43GB I can see with GPARTED an unallocated disk with size 298,09GB I removed one more time the disk from the case and directly connected to SATA bus of PC.
#Wd smartware virtual cd manager mac update#
Which link i have to follow to update firmwarE? my product is not WD, it's HP. The usb adapter works with any sata 2-1/2 drive (even non wd)Īnd the drive is a standard sata drive that happens to have aĪnd Frank, sometimes you make things appear harder than they are. Updating firmware, and don't worry about the usb adapter. What do you think if i try to use this tool?įollow the directions that you found there. Ok, i will try to disconnect the clock pin, but i found this articleįiles.
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