EP Hard disk with virus cant decrypt

jcl43 · 07-05-2007, 10:53 AM

Hi all,

I have a dilemma with a dell latitude notebook i am working on. It runs windows 2k and is encrypted using Encryption Plus Hard Disk. There has been a virus out break at the organization I work for that hit all the outdated Win 2k machines (no surprise) and it has been causing them to continuously go through the reboot cycle. I was able to enter Windows after using the boot disk to run repairs on the workstations that were affected but because this is a laptop and is encrypted the boot disc cannot find the Windows installation on the hard drive. I haven't been able to decrypt using the instructions provided to me as it gets hung up before it starts. I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience using hard disc encryption or know of any way to decrypt or get past it someway. Any help is greatly appreciated!

p.s. I did try to use Bart P.E. which allowed me to access the drives and I was going to attempt to back it up to a USB drive but it would not recognize the USB.

**Kalim** · 07-07-2007, 07:51 AM

Hi

Is that by GuardianEdge? I've used it when it was first certified under FIPS 140-2 by NIST and called PC Guardian technologies (IIRC). It has a sign-on functionality which should usually allow you to access the drive by decrypting right at the start when booting up.

Have you searched the Knowledge Base? https://na4.salesforce.com/sserv/log...0D300000001ZQU

You can use UBCD4Win: http://www.ubcd4win.com/

It will need files from a Windows Server 2003 or XP SP1 CD to make, although it runs on W2k just fine.

It will let you run many system integrity and diagnostic scans too, as well as a chance to access the drive.

Leave the USB attached when you make it before burning onto media, and it should pick up the USB when you boot from it on the system too. I did this 2 days ago when my drive failed.

There's no way to bypass the decryption, not 256-bit AES encryption, unless with the password/sign-on.

07-05-2007, 10:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
jcl43 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro, ubuntu 7.04, solaris	EP Hard disk with virus cant decrypt Hi all, I have a dilemma with a dell latitude notebook i am working on. It runs windows 2k and is encrypted using Encryption Plus Hard Disk. There has been a virus out break at the organization I work for that hit all the outdated Win 2k machines (no surprise) and it has been causing them to continuously go through the reboot cycle. I was able to enter Windows after using the boot disk to run repairs on the workstations that were affected but because this is a laptop and is encrypted the boot disc cannot find the Windows installation on the hard drive. I haven't been able to decrypt using the instructions provided to me as it gets hung up before it starts. I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience using hard disc encryption or know of any way to decrypt or get past it someway. Any help is greatly appreciated! p.s. I did try to use Bart P.E. which allowed me to access the drives and I was going to attempt to back it up to a USB drive but it would not recognize the USB.

07-07-2007, 07:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kalim Roaming To Help Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,642 OS: Many	Hi Is that by GuardianEdge? I've used it when it was first certified under FIPS 140-2 by NIST and called PC Guardian technologies (IIRC). It has a sign-on functionality which should usually allow you to access the drive by decrypting right at the start when booting up. Have you searched the Knowledge Base? https://na4.salesforce.com/sserv/log...0D300000001ZQU You can use UBCD4Win: http://www.ubcd4win.com/ It will need files from a Windows Server 2003 or XP SP1 CD to make, although it runs on W2k just fine. It will let you run many system integrity and diagnostic scans too, as well as a chance to access the drive. Leave the USB attached when you make it before burning onto media, and it should pick up the USB when you boot from it on the system too. I did this 2 days ago when my drive failed. There's no way to bypass the decryption, not 256-bit AES encryption, unless with the password/sign-on.