Encrypted disk can i edit MBR?

[hddbug]

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

[Doomer]

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

[hddbug]

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.

[hddbug]

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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[hddbug]

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

[hddbug]

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

[Daisy Woo]

Could you not have used the boot sector back-up ?

[hddbug]

hi
its my customers disk & they have not taken backup.
Thanks

[Daisy Woo]

hi
its my customers disk & they have not taken backup.
Thanks