If you know the passwd then tools going through the drive will not change. If you have to remove the PCB and replace it with one from another drive or you have

If you know the passwd then tools going through the drive will not change. If you have to remove the PCB and replace it with one from another drive or you have lost the passwd then you are stuffed. Unless of course the drive maker has built in a backdoor - from past experience of security on PCs the unchangeable security passwd will probably be 'seagate'