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That worked! Thank you very much.

Yes, I tried both methods and get the error using method 2. SMART also reports the drive is OK using either HDTune (on a different PC) or WDMarvel. The box I am running WDMarvel on is running Windows XP with no antivirus.

Yes, the drive is detected correctly in WDMarvel and it is WDMarvel which reports it as password protected.
No; though, I did not disable the channel it is connected to in the device manager.
WDMarvel says it is FW version 01.00A01 and that it is Family Dragon Fly 1 (Royl)

I got that email, registered the software, and it is quite impressive; but, it was unable to do the only thing I need right now which was to remove the ATA password from a WD5000AADS-00S9B0. When I try it, it says "Unknown format of module ID02" and fails. Should I start a new thread for t...

I got an email from somebody else on that email address about WDMarvel and replied to it; but, I don't think it is smart to be posting email addresses on this or any other forum.

How do I get that email?