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  • 1.  PGP WDE Recovery error

    Posted Oct 11, 2013 11:57 AM

    When attempting to recover from a windows issue,  I have my PGP Passphrase.  I am trying to use the recovery ISO to decrypt the disk, but after searching for the PGPWDE Installation I get the following error:

     

    could not recognise PGPWDE installation on the disk, unable to continue.

     

    I am using PGP Whole Disk Encryption 10.2.1 (Build 4940) and iso: PGPDesktop10.2.1MP3Win32_WDE_Recovery.iso

    Which I think are the correct iso but as I can't access the drive due to Windows I can't use the version in the PGP folder.  So I need to decrypt the disk.

    Any direction would be really helpful.  Thanks

     



  • 2.  RE: PGP WDE Recovery error

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Oct 14, 2013 05:28 AM

    Before decrypting the drive if you don't have a backup I would try as a first approach Slaving the drive to another machine with PGP installed and backup all of your data. Using boot ISO should be really last case scenario.Then as a second approach while having the drive Slaved and data backed up I would try to decrypt the drive from the command line following below KB:

     PGP Whole Disk Encryption Command Line User's Guide
    http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3604

    Using the PGP Whole Disk Encryption Admin Passphrase User
    http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO77033

    Win x32:
    C:\Program Files\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop>

    Winx64:
    C:\Program Files x86\PGP Corporation\PGP Desktop>

     

    pgpwde --decrypt --passphrase <passphrase> --disk X

    and /or

    pgpwde --decrypt --disk X --aa --passphrase “WDE Admin Passphrase here”

     

    diskX - (if you slave the drive --disk 1 most probably will be your second drive)

    HTH