achilles99 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 It's usually harder to unlock than it is to remove security. Are you sure the drive is being recognized? Are you booting from a floppy or a CD? You can send it to me and I'll disable the security for you, it takes all of about 10 seconds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Yeah, it's correctly recognized by all but my Intel G33-based machine, MHDD didn't see any drives on that one. I tried both boot floppy and CD. Only my AMD machine has a floppy drive so that's the only one I tried the floppy on. I've tried it in many machines so far: AMD X2 w/AMD 690G chipset Jetway 945GM motherboard Intel G33 w/C2D CPU IBM Thinkpad X20 IBM Thinkpad T43 4 of them see it, and the 4 that can see it can read the info from it just fine, but can't change the config. Could I be doing it wrong? Once I'm in MHDD and select the correct drive, I just type CONFIG. At the end when it asks if I want to make changes, I type Y. I enter through everything except the "Set security off y/N" where I type Y. At that point it says something about calculating checksum and writing configuration failed and "Device error". I tried doing EID first like the first post says, but that makes no difference. I even tried the commandline switch /ENABLEPRIMARY and that didn't help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achilles99 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 No idea... when you type in EID, do you see the security line at the bottom? It'll say something like security off (if it's on), and won't even be there if security is truly off. Also, when you type pwd, does it say the feature is deactivated or does it actually give you the option to put in a password? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Yeah, it says "Security: high, OFF". If I type PWD, it does give me the option to put in a password. I also tried a USB adapter, I don't even have access to CONFIG with that. :( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achilles99 Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Then it's definitely still got security on it. Again, I'd be happy to try and disable security for you. Shoot me a PM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GnatGoSplat Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Thanks for the offer, but I was too impatient. I just went ahead and let the Z2 relock the drive. I did the cheap $5 unlock so it's no big deal. I didn't care about salvaging the library because I just got the Z2 from eBay and didn't care for the seller's taste in music. The Z3 image works fine and I won't need to worry about unlocking it until Pioneer updates the maps which probably won't be till next year. It's strange though, MHDD worked fine to disable the security lock on one of my Hitachi 2.5" laptop drives so it turns out my computer has no compatibility issues with MHDD. It just doesn't like the AVIC's Toshiba drive. I wonder if it has anything to do with the drive firmware, RB102A? Could it be possible that a batch of newer drives cannot have security turned off? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achilles99 Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 That's strange, maybe you're right about the version of HDD. Anyone else having this problem? Like you said, for $5 an upgrade that's still not a bad deal! Even at $43 to keep your music, not bad! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ozone777 Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 [quote name="garrettoomey"] [quote name="propman07"]PPDdawgg- Great information. I can vouch for the drive crashing if you try to increase the size of the music partition. I bought a 60GB Toshiba drive, and tried to increase the music partition. The unit functioned okay, until I started to add CDs to the music library. After I added two CDs worth of music, the system went into a rebooting loop. I pulled the drive, and re-imaged it, this time, leaving the partition sizes alone. I have been able to add six CDs worth of music with no performance issues.[/quote] I have increased the size of the music partion using Acronis during the restore image process to 37gb (all reamaing space on a 60gb dfive). I have had over 300 CD's on it for well over a year and have NEVER had a reboot problem...[/quote] I'm curious as to what [b][i]method [/i][/b]you used to increase the MUSIC Partition size. What version/flavor of [b]Acronis [/b]did you use? I was unsuccessful in getting Acronis (Disk Director) to increase the partition size on my 60GB Toshiba after fully restoring the Z3 image to it. I'm sure the problem has something to do with the 4 partition limit on a FAT32 disk. So here is something that I plan to try: [b]1.[/b] Restore only the first two Z3 partitions with Acronis. [b]2.[/b] Then, with Windows Disk Manager, create a 37GB (or smaller) partition from the remaining unallocated space. [b]3.[/b] Using Acronis again, restore the 3rd Z3 partition (Music) to the partition created wtih Windows Disk Manager. The partition should remain whatever size you created it at. [b]4.[/b] Restore the final Z3 partition to the remaining unallocated space. Theoretically, this should work...but not sure if it will have a negative outcome once the drive is installed in the Z unit. Has anyone else tried it this way? I'm sure there is an easier way to do this but I must not have the proper software. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garrettoomey Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 I use acronis, and restore each partition individually. Acronis then allows your to select the size of the new partitions. Here are the stock partition sizes: LDATA 17.52 gb GPS SDATA 572.8 mb System files MSV 9.308 gb Music USER 572.8 mb Personal Files Choose to restore each partition individually, then select the new partition size. You need to do them in order. When you get to MSV, just make sure that you leave enough unpartitioned space for the USER partition. This can all be done in one recovery run. After you complete the first partition setup, Acronis askes if you want to restore another partition, just say 'yes'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ozone777 Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 D'oh! :oops: I knew there had to be a simple way to do it. I guess my wife is right about me always over-complicating things. Thanks for the info. I'm going to try this today. Wish me luck. [b]P.S.[/b] After installing the new hard drive, is it necessary to perform a full reset of the Z with the reset button? Thanks again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garrettoomey Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 You do not need to do a reset when replacing the HD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ozone777 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Thanks for all the useful info garrettoomey. I built the drive yesterday at work and installed it without a single problem. Didn't even have any trouble with the mounting plate screws (it helps to have the proper sized screw driver). I loaded a couple of gigs of music on it last night and then played songs for about 2 hours with no issues. Then played music during the 30 min. drive to work this morning and it performed flawlessly. Thanks again for all your great information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garrettoomey Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Did you use acronis and expand the music partition during the restore process? I was not sure if my instructions were very clear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ozone777 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Yes, I used Acronis and it worked just as you said. I was able to expand the Music partition and my Z is chuggin' along with the new drive as if it was born with it. Thanks again for your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
azote Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 [quote name="Z1 newbie"] [quote name="Passat 05"]'Had the same problem removing the screws that hold the HDD to the mounting plate that others have reported. Here is a quick way to overcome: Grind a slot into the screw head with a dremel tool and immediately, while the screw is still hot, use a good fit flat screwdiver and the succer will come out without effort. :) :idea: Add to FAQ at the top of this thread. :?:[/quote] Damn, why didn't I think of that instead of drilling these screws out. The plate came off but the rest of the screws are still in the HDD. :cry:[/quote] hahahah! I did the same thing :oops: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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