{"id":3983,"date":"2019-12-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2019-12-23T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T21:07:59","slug":"is-there-any-possibility-to-recover-data-from-a-256-bit-encrypted-nas-hdd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/24\/is-there-any-possibility-to-recover-data-from-a-256-bit-encrypted-nas-hdd\/","title":{"rendered":"“Is there any possibility to recover data from a 256-bit encrypted NAS HDD?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by ZeeForce Gaming)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encrypted files are still just 1s and 0s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you’re talking about recovering encrypted files after a crash, hardware failure, or something similar, you may be able to lift the encrypted bits off the defective drive using utterly normal data\/disk-recovery software<\/a>, and write the still-encrypted data to a working drive. You can then set up whatever encryption software the bad drive was previously using, and apply the normal passphrase\/key\/whatever to decrypt the recovered files in the normal way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you’re asking about cracking 256-bit encryption in any of the major flavors (AES, 3DES, RSA, TwoFish, whatever…), it’s probably not gonna happen. In practical terms, the data is locked away forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The one possible way around this is if the encryption was done by the drive hardware itself, rather than by the main operating system or by an separate app: If it’s a “self-encrypting” hard drive, the manufacturer might — might<\/em> — be able to provide a decryption key. But I wouldn’t count on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For future reference, let me tell you about these wonderful things called backups<\/strong><\/em>… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Answer requested by ZeeForce Gaming) Encrypted files are still just 1s and 0s. So, if you’re talking about recovering encrypted files after a crash, hardware failure, or something similar, you may be able to lift the encrypted bits off the defective drive using utterly normal data\/disk-recovery software, and write the still-encrypted data to a working…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-reader-asks","category-hardware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-12f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3158,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/31\/can-i-clone-an-encrypted-hard-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":3983,"position":0},"title":"“Can I clone an encrypted hard drive?”","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2019-07-31","format":false,"excerpt":"(Answer requested by Anthony Dimpu) Sure. 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