How do I use a self encrypting drive?
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I recently purchased a Micron RealSSD c400 self encrypting drive, and I am having a few issues when trying to get it recognized by my laptop (HP Elitebook 8440p running Windows 7 x64; also tried on a custom-built desktop).
When I try to initialize the drive from disk management, I get a CRC error; also, when attempting to partition it from Windows setup, the program can't create the partitions. I also tried with UBCD, nothing.
I assume this is due to drive security, but I haven't been able to find much information about this online; do I need a management software or something? I'm completely stumped here.
EDIT
As requested, when I try partitioning the device from Windows setup I get a 0x80300024 error; when I try initializing it from disk management, I get a "Data error (cyclic redundancy check)" message, and the event log shows the following under System:
Source: VDS Basic Provider, message: unexpected failure. error code 490@01010004 (2x)
Source: Virtual Disk Service, message: VDS fails to write boot code on a disk during clean operation. Error code: 80070001@02070008 (1x)
Source: Disk, message: The device \Device\Harddisk2\DR2 has a bad block (2x)
The security logs show nothing related. Also, when attempting to configure it from UBCD (utility: HDAT2), I get an error along the lines of "can't edit partition information" or something to that tune.
