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I have a deceased person's laptop, from which I would like to recover data.

It has a McAfee Drive Encryption password and a Windows Password (Windows 7 Professional).

None of the family members know it's Windows password, but we know the drive encryption password.

We would like to recover his (the deceased person's) files from it. Is there a way this can be done?

I tried using System Rescue CD and this tutorial: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/change-your-forgotten-windows-password-with-the-linux-system-rescue-cd/

But I was not able to get into the Windows folder (probably because of drive encryption?)

Please help, thank you.

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    Perhaps they did not want anyone to have access to their files....
    – Solar Mike
    Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 5:56

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Sorry for your loss. Unfortunately your loss most likely includes this persons data.

McAfee Drive Encryption provides full disk encryption, and it will be encrypted with 128 bit encryption - Assuming Intel (who own the McAfee brand) have done it right - and they most likely have - the only way to recover the data would be to find the password or brute-force it. Brute Forcing it would rely on him having a weak password, and you having a lot of luck, a powerful computer and appropriate software - software which most likely does not come cheap.

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