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HP security software that encrypts user partition.

September 1st, 2011, 12:08

I have a drive from HP which has Data partition encrypted.

Was able to image 80% of that drive.
Boot partition is fine, but have to decrypt data partition.

Any suggestions or hints are welcome.

Re: HP security software that encrypts user partition.

September 1st, 2011, 13:37

get the decryption credentials from the client

If it is a hardware encryption through an enclosure, place the clone back into the enclosure.

Re: HP security software that encrypts user partition.

September 1st, 2011, 15:07

Cleanroom wrote:If it is a hardware encryption through an enclosure, place the clone back into the enclosure.

Its an internal drive

Re: HP security software that encrypts user partition.

September 2nd, 2011, 9:24

What kind of encryption?

Pointsec, Bitlocker, PGP...

THey should have those credentials if it was used. If it is a corporate drive they may not release that info.

Have you tried booting the clone up to see if maybe it will authenticate through boot. I know this may or may not work due to hardware differences from the clients computer, but worth a try. Then you may get lucky and just need the clients username and password for windows.

Re: HP security software that encrypts user partition.

September 3rd, 2011, 7:28

I have seen a number of these with Safeboot pre-installed. Can you see any references to "SAFEBOOT" at the start of the drive?
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