Hi everyone,
I would like to ask you, whether is there a way to unlock a locked HDD (WD
SmartWare) under Wine.
Under Windows it should be requesting the set password after it is connected
(Autorun?). Under Linux (Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 32-bit, running as Live CD) this
cannot be achieved.
I am trying to run "autorun.inf" and "Unlock.exe" manually
("Open with Wine Windows Program Loader"), but Wine replies:
"Application has encountered an unexpected error and is now exiting".
I also tried to run "sudo chown..." and "sudo chmod...", but
the system replied: "Read-only file system" (that is UDF, by the way).
I also wanted to create a new partition, hoping that I could write into that
one, but GParted could not even see it.
The solution is to find a Windows PC and unlock it (I know the password, of
course), but I have none available at the moment.
Would anybody help?
Thanks in advance!
Best regards
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:15 PM, rastaman <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Hi everyone, > > I would like to ask you, whether is there a way to unlock a locked HDD (WD SmartWare) under Wine. > > Under Windows it should be requesting the set password after it is connected (Autorun?). Under Linux (Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS 32-bit, running as Live CD) this cannot be achieved. > > I am trying to run "autorun.inf" and "Unlock.exe" manually ("Open with Wine Windows Program Loader"), but Wine replies: "Application has encountered an unexpected error and is now exiting". > > I also tried to run "sudo chown..." and "sudo chmod...", but the system replied: "Read-only file system" (that is UDF, by the way). > > I also wanted to create a new partition, hoping that I could write into that one, but GParted could not even see it. > > The solution is to find a Windows PC and unlock it (I know the password, of course), but I have none available at the moment. > > Would anybody help? >Wine does not allow you to run windows device drivers or talk directly to hardware so I would believe this is very doubtful to get that to work. John
Hi John, thanks for your answer. I have read this elsewhere on this forum (while searching before posting). Just, please, let me add, that I am also trying to run other (common) apps, found on the HDD, which are "Virtual CD Manager.exe" and "WD SmartWare.exe", but all return the "...error..." message. Though the "...Manager..." is, from the beginning, pretending to be starting - progress bar appears in a pop-up window, but then it stops loading and returns that message, too. Best