Source: http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/HDDEraseReadMe.txt
Q:
How can I bypass
security freeze lock?
A: Three different
ways can bypass a BIOS security freeze lock:
1. Most preferred
method: If another computer is available, boot the drive
from
another computer. Since the freeze lock is entirely BIOS dependent,
another
computer's BIOS may not freeze lock the drive.
2.
Second method: Switch the drive to another drive channel or another
position
on the channel, e.g. Switch drive from secondary master
S0 to secondary slave S1
or vice versa. Some BIOSs do not send
the Freeze Lock command to all channel
master/slave
positions.
3. Least preferred method: **There exists some
danger to your drive in using
this method, use at your own risk**
Shut down the computer
system. Unplug the
four-wire power
cable of the hard drive while leaving the signal cable plugged
in.
To eliminate the danger of ESD,
always ground yourself when removing the power
cord. Power on the
system and boot into DOS with a DOS boot
disk. Once DOS has
booted up and you are at
a command
line interface plug the power
cord of the hard
drive back in. Run HDDerase.exe. The logic
in this method is to prevent the
drives detection in BIOS, which
is when the freeze lock command is issued.