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How can I recover Endpoint Encryption bootloader?

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 3026 / 2 Years ago, tue, november 1, 2022, 11:14:45

I have a bit of a problem. I have a Win 7 partition encrypted with Mcafee Endpoint Encryption. I used to boot with MEE, but GRUB replaced that bootloader. I made the huge mistake of not making a backup of the mbr :(. Now I can load Ubuntu, but when I try to load the Win7 partition the following message is shown: "Missing Operating System..."

Is there any way to recover my encrypted partition data(I have the username and password)? Or is there a way to recover the MEE bootloader?

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answered 2 Years ago ickump · Accepted Answer

I have done some checking for you in relation to this and it looks like bad news to be honest.
Without access to the Wintech CD (The MEE recovery software) or the Safetech FD (Pre version 5) it is almost and I say almost impossible to recover the files.

I don't know if you can download an ISO of the Wintech Cd and use your .SDB file (Assuming you created one when you set-up the encryption.

There are companies that specialise in recovering data from Hard drives and this sort of error and I know my company deal with this kind of issue on a much lesser scale so it may be worth thinking about that option however as you have now installed Ubuntu I am daring to make the assumption losing this HDD for a while is not an option.

I hope this helps.