"Flyn" <flint@f2s.com> wrote in message
news:1125319602.796536.243830@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> I have a Hypertec password protected USB key.
>
> The manual for it includes this bit:
> "You only have six chances to enter the password correctly.
> If you enter an incorrect password six times the HDD partition of your
> Secure
> HyperDrive will be automatically formatted resulting in the loss of all
> data."
>
> So, if the password has been incorrectly entered and the data is 'gone,
> how recoverable is it? Could anyone, including a specialist, read any
> of it?

Depends how good the erasing algorithm is. It takes time to do it properly
(i.e. an "oh sh*t, pull the plug" might help, or at least give you a shot
with a data recovery specialist. But with the hardware being so specialised,
it's not something to bet your shirt on. Conventional HDDs aren't exactly
easy, and they're well understood)

I'd *strongly* suggest that you contact the vendor forthwith, if you're
about to hit five "oopsies". And to think what might happen if they ever go
bust..

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Hairy One Kenobi

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