Hitachi 7K500 Specification Guide

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Deskstar 7K500 Hard Disk Drive Serial ATA Addendum
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If the device receives a Security Erase Unit command without a prior Security Erase Prepare command the device 
aborts the security erase unit command.
This command disables the security mode feature (device lock function), however, the master password is still 
stored internally within the device and may be reactivated later when a new user password is set. If you execute this 
command when disabling the security mode feature (device lock function), the password sent by the host is NOT 
compared with either the Master Password or the User Password. The device then erases all user data.
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