Hi asgard,
Welcome to the PGP Forum.
This is probably a little like closing the barn door after the horse has already gotten out, but when you use a 3rd-party defragmentation tool you should configure the defragger to exclude the PGPWDE01 file from defragmentation. This is explicitly mentioned in the PGP Desktop release notes, which you are prompted to read during the installation of PGP Desktop:
Whole Disk Encryption and defragmentation: If you use a third-party defragmentation application (that is, not the built-in Windows defragmenter; PerfectDisk from Raxco, for example), PGP Corporation recommends excluding the file PGPWDE01 from the defragmentation process, if the application allows it. In rare cases, incorrect defragmentation of this file can cause boot problems.
In a worst case scenario, the defragger moves and/or corrupts the PGPWDE01 file (even though it's marked as a system file not to be moved), which prevents you from authenticating. And of course if you can't authenticate, you can't decrypt the disk.
Based on the error you're encountering, it is unlikely that the recovery CD will help you in this case (because the defragger has already done its damage). At this point I'd recommend (1) removing your disk, (2) installing it in another computer that has PGP Desktop 9 installed, and (3) attempting decryption of the disk within Windows -- i.e. using the PGP Desktop GUI (and, as a last resort, using the pgpwde.exe command-line tool).
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Rob Johansen
Software Engineer
PGP Corporation
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