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by b_onit1488

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I recently put a password on to my u3 cruzer. I didnt log in for a few days and when I did, I didnt exactly remember what I put as the password, but there was only a few possibilities. I tried 3 of them and then the Cruzer told me I had only 3 more tries before it would lock forever. The other option was to change my password, but in doing this it would then erase the entire u3 Cruzer. So I want to crack the password or disable the password without loosing all my work on the cruzer. Please someone who knows hacking stuff, help me with this. its so important to me! thank you.

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by seanferd

No password bypassing, hacking, cracking, or whatnot is accepted in TR forums.

You'll have to guess two more times and reformat, or look elsewhere.

by older mycroft

Now - you have to ask yourself a question:

If you [i]"didnt log in for a few days.."[/i] then when you attempted to you couldn't find your password-protected SanDisk Cruzer, and some bloke who had stolen it came and posted on TechRepublic wanting to ask exactly the same question as you've just posted - would you want us to help him ??

So, taking that stance, we won't help you either. You see, unfortunately for you (and every other would-be potential thief):

[b]We, the members of TechRepublic - A Resource for IT Professionals, will not assist anyone in the recovery/removal of lost passwords. You may have a legitimate reason to recover/remove a password. However, we cannot verify your motives and will therefore not assist anyone in what may be an attempt at gaining unauthorized access to a computer system. Due to the open nature of this forum, any assistance given to help circumvent security measures, even for legitimate purposes, would be available for unscrupulous individuals to use for illegitimate purposes. This is a risk that we, the members of TechRepublic, will not take. Please do not ask questions of this nature on TechRepublic.

If you have a legitimate need to circumvent a password scheme, please contact the vendor for the software / hardware and request their assistance. E.g. Windows XP password recovery/removal issues should be taken up with Microsoft's technical support, Phoenix BIOS password recovery/removal issues should be taken up with Phoenix Technologies, hard drive password recovery/removal should be taken up with the manufacturer of the hard drive, etc...

To those viewing this post: Please DO NOT respond any further to this thread.

This template has been released under the GNU public license and you are encouraged to use it as a standard reply for questions of similar nature, provided that you make any modifications available to other users.[/b]

[i]Perhaps, given that you have difficulty typing the name of your SanDisk without error, you are maybe making a typing error entering the password also.[/i]

by oh smeg

The members of TechRepublic - A Resource for IT Professionals, will not assist anyone in the recovery of lost passwords. You may have a legitimate reason to recover a password. However, we cannot verify your motives and will therefore not assist anyone in what may be an attempt at gaining unauthorized access to a computer system. Due to the open nature of this forum, any assistance given to help circumvent security measures, even for legitimate purposes, would be available for unscrupulous individuals to use for illegitimate purposes. This is a risk that we the members of TechRepublic will not take. Please do not ask questions of this nature on TechRepublic.

If you have a legitimate need to circumvent a password scheme, please contact the vendor for the software / hardware and request their assistance. E.g. Windows XP password recovery issues should be taken up with Microsoft's technical support, Phoenix BIOS password recovery issues should be taken up with Phoenix Technologies, etc.. To those viewing this post: Please DO NOT respond any further to this thread.

This template has been released under the GNU public license and you are encouraged to use it as a standard reply for questions of similar nature, provided that you make any modifications available to other users.

[b]Firstly you don't want a Hacker you want a Cracker and there are none here.

Secondly contact Scandisk and ask if they have a solution though I personally believe that they will say Blow away everything and reuse the device. If you can not remember what you used as a Password you don't really deserve the data on the device as you do not value it enough to remember the Password do you?[/b]

Col

by ebone144515

I understand the reason for the policy of the site. However, some of us are not Hackers or Crackers and simply have forgotten "exactly" what the password is to our device. Since we have to have a password for EVERYTHING we do it becomes very burdensome to write everyone of them down. However, to state that this person "doesn't deserve the data on the device as you don't value it enough to remember the password do you?" is extremely rude and unnecessary. You could have just left your comments to yourself and kept to the policy period!

by ---tk---

the more you fight it, the more people are going to jump on this... I think smeg's comment was fine (it could be worse)... you do realize that there are about 10 new posts asking how to crack passwd's a day... we kinda get tired of those Q's... So when your laptop gets stolen thank us for not giving that kind of info out!

by 1bn0

Not really , but we can do better if your not happy with the response.

What kind of idiot stores important data on an encrypted device using a password they can't remember 3 days later.

If the data was that important there should have been a backup copy stored on the computer the device was plugged into. The encrypted data had to come from somewhere.

Then the moron comes to a website for professional peer support site looking for a cracker and expectng it for free on top of that.

Buy a small fireproof safe. Burn the data to dvd and store it in the safe.

Make sure to get a safe with at least 3 keys.

Do NOT lock the spare keys in the safe.

Do NOT purchase a safe with a combination lock. We already know THAT'S not going to work.

I might be able to do more if this doesn't measure up, but being deliberately rude takes some effort.

by oh smeg

When you read the Destructions on the U3 Device it clearly says that in the event of the Password being lost the Data is lost.

So assuming that you bothered to read the Instructions to encrypt the device you would have already known that and didn't bother enough to remember the Encryption Key.

In the event you blindly pushed your way through and ignored the Instructions that the Company in question here went to the trouble of writing up providing with the their Products and just did as you thought was necessary and then came crying to us about your [b]Stupidity[/b] that would then make you [b]What Exactly?[/b]

OH I know a [b]Bloody Idiot who doesn't value their Data.[/b] Then expects others to clean up after them. Guess what I don't do [b]Sugar Coating for Fools.[/b] :0

So which would you prefer? :)

Col
[i]Edited[/i] to stay nice. But if you prefer I can drop the act. :p

by seanferd

Edging more toward rude. I hope you don't have to strain yourself.

by seanferd

What is this, the asymptotic approach to rudeness thread? :D

by oh smeg

And it must be right cus I saw it on the Internet. :^0

Col ]:)

by cknightz

or......or......your a loser, one who gets off blowing up on other people and telling them how stupid they are, it makes you feel good, cause your a loser, and thats what works for you. It's a hard lesson that sometimes when you forget a password, or lose a key that you should have been more careful, but you still ask for help, or call a locksmith or do what you can to, you dont just give up and let the important things you locked up go, so be less of a douche how bout it? your making yourself look stupid.

and theres no real way to unlock a u3 once its protected short of restoring the files, or reading the raw data both of which are incredibly tedious and tricky.

by .martin.

from bringing up year old posts to call one of the more regular contributor a loser.

I'm sorry, but I don't see why you have any right to say that, especially after you only registered today!

if anyone here is a 'douche', it would be you!

by fox_quebec

DID you obtain any solution?

My prolem is :
Do you have a solution to my problem?

I Hve just put a password, so 5 days later, the U3 cruzer tell me that ma password is not correct. Sorry it is writen on... and the message is not capable to signify to me the indice ... I think the U3 system is down and Sandisk cruzer orphan...

by mr020radioman

I have one and its a life saver when on the road. I learned lesson with the write down the 3 password law. But you feel secure with your data. You have 2 more tries and this is good because flash memory can go crazy at any time any where. Cases in question
1. 2Gb in spy watch dead, 2. 2Gb in Pocketstudio dead, 8Gb USB memory dead.
So all is not lost

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