The drive has a password set (often from Dell/HP laptops). Fix: Boot to a Linux live USB, run hdparm -I /dev/sdX . If “Security: frozen”, suspend to RAM ( echo mem > /sys/power/state ) and wake – this often unfreezes the port.
A: Seagate archived it. Use the Wayback Machine – capture from 2016: web.archive.org/web/20160315000000/seagate.com/support/samsung/ samsung st1000lm024 hn m101mbb firmware update zip
Open Rufus, select your USB drive, and set the boot selection to . Click Start . The drive has a password set (often from Dell/HP laptops)
Updating HDD firmware is riskier than updating a motherboard BIOS. Follow this checklist. select your USB drive