Hidden SSD partition?

Question

laptops

There is an Asus ux31a ultrabook, which has a 128GB SSD, 10 of which are separated and are not visible in the system.

I wanted to attach them to the shared memory with an acronis, but it gives an error:

Disk Management writes that, they say, the OEM partition, apparently, the recovery image is sitting there. How can I delete it and add it to the shared disk?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I'm telling the essence of the drama: ata-security-lock is most likely enabled there, which prevents you from doing anything with the disk.
What to do?
1. We boot into ubuntu (the disk is locked by the bios)
2. Close the laptop lid so that the laptop goes to sleep
3. Open the lid (the disk is unlocked - bugful ...)
4. Get the root (sudo -s)
5. do the following manipulation (I warn you, it rips data tightly and immediately):
# hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 123 /dev/sdz
# hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 123 /dev/sdz
Instead of / dev/sdz specify the drive letter (sda, sdb, etc.)
After that, nothing remains on the disk.

Answer 2

gparted live/ubuntu live. And then google in the direction of gpart / parted.

Answer 3

I have such a disk on lenovo and you can delete it through the built-in proprietary programs.
But it will only allow you to do this if you have previously transferred it to dvd.
Asus apparently decided to act tougher. I recommend to google if the asus has regular tools for this manipulation. After that, call the asus technical support and explain the incident - they may tell you something, if there is a legal way to fix it at all. Or have you already done it?