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How can I decrypt my WD Passport?

Hi

I set up hardware encryption on my WD Passport and then used it as a backup disk for my windows Server 2008R2.  It worked ok & I could recover files.  The server died after a Windows Update and now boots into BSOD.  I want to use Windows Update system recovery to perform a full image backup but Windows Update cannot accrees the encrypted drive.

Is there a utility to decrypt the drive so that windows Update can access it?

Thanks

Pat

What application did you use to encrypt the drive?

The same tool should be able to decrypt or remove security.

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