Remove password from HD-PXU2

[seb]

   

Hey there!

I recently bought a Buffalo HD-PXU2 external hard drive (500GB). Since I am using a PC I set up a password and everything worked fine.

Unfortunately, the other computer here runs Linux which apparently does not recognize the hard drive unless you have admin privileges (which I don't - not sure about whether it would work then). Therefore I now need to remove the password. Can anybody please tell me how to do this?

Thank a lot!

[JoshC]

In order to remove the password you have to reformat the unit which will cause all the data to be erased.  Move the data off then format it.

[seb]

   

I formatted the drive, but the password still pops up when I plug it in :(  

Any other ideas?

 

Thanks!

[Dustrega]

The security software should be optional so basically that means something still remains.  Was there any software included you installed upon setting up the drive for use initially?