Mother-in-law went to hospital for a couple of months and when she got back her laptop didn't power up. All her passwords etc are on it, so I removed the drive so I could clone it. It seems there's some form of encryption on it. She never entered any passwords or anything, so this is perhaps HP:s own encryption, or whatever.
Trying to mount it I get this in dmesg:
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Jan 28 12:26:35 basterd kernel: [791697.886527] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access SandForc e{200026BB} PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 CCS
Jan 28 12:26:35 basterd kernel: [791697.887277] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
Jan 28 12:26:35 basterd kernel: [791697.888261] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] 8 4096-byte logical blocks: (32.8 kB/32.0 KiB)
Jan 28 12:26:35 basterd kernel: [791697.889256] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off
Jan 28 12:26:35 basterd kernel: [791697.902727] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk
Jan 28 12:26:58 basterd kernel: [791720.743302] usb 7-2: USB disconnect, device number 2
"32kb" tells me it has to be some kind of encryption / key part for the whole drive (I'm just guessing). The drive itself is an Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 180GB, while the laptop is an HP EliteBook 850.
I guess that my only chance here is to get the laptop repaired, but after 2 hours of error searching I end up with nothing. I can confirm that the power intake is OK, and that the power button switches from 3.3V to GND when pressed, and that the battery voltage is running steady at 3.3V (i.e. not charging), but that's it.
Is there any chance to decrypt the drive without the laptop (I repeat: she does not have any passwords or anything), or is the only option that I try again to dig down on the motherboard trying to repair it?
The MIL is pretty devastated here, and so am I because I feel kind of useless not being able to help.