HATs and other add-ons • Authentication required on new M.2 SSD

How do I remove the authentication on my new SSD installed. The drive fails to mount as it requires a password to access. I know the password as it is the same as my login. I have no idea if gparted caused this but I cannot find any help on removing the password. Re-formating did not help. The 256Gb SSD has only 1 partition and works once I enter a password.

I hope someone knows how to remove this.

Pi5, latest 64 bit OS (Feb 2025)
AME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
mmcblk0 179:0 0 29.5G 0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/firmware
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 29G 0 part /
nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
└─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 238.5G 0 part /media/pi/SkyData

HDparm did not help.
Disk utility does not have a security/password option.
Removing the partition and starting again also failed.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Dave

Statistics: Posted by CSSAA — Mon Feb 17, 2025 2:32 am

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