How to donate

[2ico]

I'd like to donate, to award your amazing job. If you can give me some way to send you a little reward, I think you deserve it.

[themaddoctor]

Hi, thanks for offering a donation. I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can afford to do what I do. A few years ago, some people who benefited from this projects sent some donations, and I sent all of it to an animal sanctuary. If you would like to donate, here are two sanctuaries that take in abused farm animals, rehabilitate them, and let them live out their natural lives:

Barn Sanctuary 20179 McKernan Dr, Chelsea, MI 48118 (734) 746-5009 https://www.barnsanctuary.org/donate/

Farm Sanctuary (607) 583-2225 info@farmsanctuary.org https://www.farmsanctuary.org/giving/

If you want to help with some hypothetical future research into recovering lost keys, I would appreciate a copy of your keyblock and the manufacture date of your drive (on the label of the drive after you removed it from the enclosure). Thank you.

Please leave this thread open so that others will know how to help.

[2ico]

Thank you, I will donate something on your behalf.

This is my keyblock, from a 2TB WD My Book with JMS538S.

00000000  57 44 76 31 6b cd 00 00  00 88 df e8 00 00 00 00  |WDv1k...........|
00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 f0 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020  01 00 00 00 00 00 46 50  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |......FP........|
00000030  00 02 ff 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000050  20 00 00 93 00 00 00 01  00 00 00 00 57 44 76 31  | ...........WDv1|
00000060  58 59 2d 2f 2f 79 0e 50  f9 fb a9 d8 f5 dc c2 31  |XY-//y.P.......1|
00000070  c0 e7 cf 39 5a c6 bc 75  5b 0e 05 e1 58 f9 40 61  |...9Z..u[...X.@a|
00000080  cc 5d f7 d2 b6 5d d5 93  bf 7d 50 24 14 a2 2e 50  |.]...]...}P$...P|
00000090  5a af 5a 2c 19 37 02 f2  66 6d d1 af 96 e6 4c a8  |Z.Z,.7..fm....L.|
000000a0  fe 84 03 9d 6e e6 b4 20  cc 3e ce ff 12 7c 1c 7d  |....n.. .>...|.}|
000000b0  b1 00 bd 65 9b 5e 5b 53  b1 4b 2c e5 b5 22 49 b2  |...e.^[S.K,.."I.|
000000c0  4c b9 96 5e 16 4a bd 05  54 60 fc 83 f1 36 db 1f  |L..^.J..T`...6..|
000000d0  09 f8 45 57 df 43 28 50  2c 9e 4c 92 a0 93 b1 ed  |..EW.C(P,.L.....|
000000e0  1c 7e a7 1a 2a a5 8f 58  f5 06 c1 b5 6b 26 e7 18  |.~..*..X....k&..|
000000f0  5f d8 6e 2d 42 92 fe 5b  06 bc 30 b4 65 0f 87 b6  |_.n-B..[..0.e...|
00000100  9d 12 2e 01 b8 0b b5 dc  fc b0 9a 93 9c 8f ad 1a  |................|
00000110  e6 7e 1c e7 b6 4e 33 37  e7 4d 35 09 c5 7f cc 94  |.~...N37.M5.....|
00000120  d1 7c 2d 30 56 0c e6 ed  3d 43 91 74 7c c4 e4 4a  |.|-0V...=C.t|..J|
00000130  40 a1 82 8b 52 fe 85 74  4f 25 45 30 42 38 56 0e  |@...R..tO%E0B8V.|
00000140  39 3b 49 47 02 ed 0a bd  b1 3c 62 5d e7 00 41 d9  |9;IG.....<b]..A.|
00000150  b9 47 7e 06 be 22 b6 13  d4 b4 54 15 66 1c 73 61  |.G~.."....T.f.sa|
00000160  71 f7 75 13 d6 b4 d3 2a  4e 3c c3 40 eb 8f 56 8d  |q.u....*N<.@..V.|
00000170  00 d9 70 d2 f0 ab f3 b8  ce 4e 41 f0 a9 70 14 7b  |..p......NA..p.{|
00000180  43 14 e0 20 19 d6 64 2f  7d 65 fe 97 fb 6d d1 54  |C.. ..d/}e...m.T|
00000190  8b 97 27 f0 72 f8 bc 73  01 f9 46 4d b2 16 43 0d  |..'.r..s..FM..C.|
000001a0  ba 1f 17 c7 e3 63 83 65  bb c0 bc ff 77 5d 14 55  |.....c.e....w].U|
000001b0  31 7b 3a e3 0f 32 ed ab  de f2 09 1d 39 11 10 02  |1{:..2......9...|
000001c0  df 8c 06 74 1f 2e 17 9f  2d fa 37 ad 21 cd 4c 5f  |...t....-.7.!.L_|
000001d0  c2 09 55 bd b3 bd 0c b7  27 32 17 bb 23 e8 7d 79  |..U.....'2..#.}y|
000001e0  7f 44 0f 2d 7f 22 99 22  d4 4f 02 1d 45 d3 49 25  |.D.-.".".O..E.I%|
000001f0  c0 d0 cf 3f c8 07 43 eb  12 28 d1 df ef ff 74 eb  |...?..C..(....t.|

The date on the drive is: 24 FEB 2013.