I have a slightly different situation that fits the title for this post.
Note: My system drive is encrypted using just passphrase. My system is standalone, not part of a domain, so my account is defined only on the local system.
I am moving my system disk from HDD to SSD. I successfully cloned the encrypted drive thanks to Casper Secure Drive Backup. I switched the drives and booted from the SSD. All was good to this point.
Next, I did a bit too much cleanup of old files and needed to pull a couple of deleted files off my original HDD. I mounted that old HDD in the spare drive tray (Lenovo laptop). The first time started out Okay. The drive was recognized and I got a prompt for the passphrase -- The passphrase was not accepted and I was prompted to reenter and that was rejected, as well.
Eventually, I rebooted without the HDD connected, connected the HDD, but now I do not get a prompt for a passphrase!
Questions:
1. Is something cached that I need to clear so PGP will recognize the encrypted drive and prompt for the passphrase when the drive is connected?
2. Is there something else that I need to do to enter the passphrase correctly? I'm logged into the same Windows account as was used to encrypt the HDD, originally. The only difference is that now I'm booted from the SSD clone of that HDD. The rest of the HW is identical.
Obviously, there are other ways to get a few files off the HDD, in this case, but I still a solution, especially for the more general case of encrypting a non-system portable drive from one system then connecting that to and accessing from a different system.