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April 4th, 2009, 7:57
Hi
I have 40Gb laptop disk having 2partitions , initially both partitions were encrypted using PGP, now c drive is decrypted & is accessible , but for D drive it is not showing right MBR & file system so i cant decrypt it , is there any way to modify MBR to its working (NTFS) format?
Can we manually modify PGP encrypted disk so as one can decrypt them back?
Thanks
Hddbug
April 4th, 2009, 11:44
It is hard to answer you question
Usually PGP software writes special code into Boot Sector, so PGP driver can automatically recognize the partition
As far as I know there is nothing special in MBR
April 9th, 2009, 2:00
Hi Doomer thanks
It seems PGP uses a non-standard Windows bootloader called BootGuard which asks for decryption key. I am working on it & will post results.
April 12th, 2009, 8:51
Hi Friends
I have cloned crashed disk & the partition which is encrypted is showing raw file system , is there any way to convert it into NTFS by altering its signature?
Here is screenshot of disk.
Thanks
Hddbug
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April 12th, 2009, 10:47
Hi Spildit
Yes , i have correct passphease to decrypt disk , unfortunately dur to MBR errors PGP decryption is not working so i need to fix this MBR issue first in order to decrypt Data.
Thanks
Hddbug
April 13th, 2009, 2:26
Hi Spildit
Thanks for detailed explanation. I tried to forcefully decrypt using PGP recovery CD , it tooks 13 hours & at the end PGP gave error Data Corrupted. It was a great learning experience.
Thanks & Regards
hddbug
April 13th, 2009, 5:29
Could you not have used the boot sector back-up ?
April 14th, 2009, 2:52
hi
its my customers disk & they have not taken backup.
Thanks
April 14th, 2009, 3:44
hddbug wrote:hi
its my customers disk & they have not taken backup.
Thanks
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