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I have a serious problem here: My computer does not boot any more (hangs on the windows start screen), so I tried to use a Ubuntu Live CD access the files and scan for root kits, or at least back up everything.

However, this is not as easy as it sounds, because I have two major setup specialities:

  1. My computer is a Sony VPC Z13 with 3 64GB SSD disks that are in a fake raid
  2. My windows volume is encrypted using TrueCrypt

I have created a bootable Ubuntu usb drive which recognizes the raid by default:

ubuntu@ubuntu:/dev$ sudo dmraid -ay
RAID set "isw_bibiifejd_Volume0" already active
RAID set "isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p1" already active
RAID set "isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p2" already active
RAID set "isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3" already active

isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p1 is an 8GB windows restore partition. I can mount this easily with mount /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p1 /mnt/win1. isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p2 is a 100M partition called "System Reserved" and was mounted automatically by ubuntu. I think this is the place of the bootloader (?). isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p2 is my windows partition, encrypted with true crypt. fdisk says the following:

ubuntu@ubuntu:/dev$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3

Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3: 183.6 GB, 183617154048 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 22323 cylinders, total 358627254 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 131072 bytes / 393216 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3ec32997

Disk /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3 doesn't contain a valid partition table

I was trying to mount isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3 with truecrypt, but I get an error:

ubuntu@ubuntu:/dev$ sudo truecrypt -t /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3 /mnt/win3
Enter password for /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3: 
Enter keyfile [none]: 
Protect hidden volume (if any)? (y=Yes/n=No) [No]: 
Incorrect password or not a TrueCrypt volume.

Then I tried this command, as my partition is a fully encrypted partition:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ truecrypt -t --mount-options=system /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3 /mnt/win3 Enter password for /dev/mapper/isw_bibiifejd_Volume0p3: Enter keyfile [none]: Protect hidden volume (if any)? (y=Yes/n=No) [No]: Error: Partition device require

What does this mean? Google does not know anything about it.

Is my approach to mount the true crypt volume correct? Is there any other way?

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  • Have you tried mounting it using the TrueCrypt GUI? Maybe it gives better error messages? Jan 19, 2012 at 0:34
  • Unfortunately not.
    – Heinrich
    Jan 19, 2012 at 8:20

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I finally was able to restore the volume using a Windows PE (preinstalled environment). It is important to notice that using TrueCrypt 64 bit in the PE was impossible for me due to a bug. But 32bit version worked fine.

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