Comments on: Full Drive Encryption: Don’t Lose Access to Your Failed Drive https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/data-recovery-and-full-drive-encryption-dont-get-locked-out-of-your-failed-drives-data/ Professional Data Recovery Services Wed, 07 Apr 2021 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.7 By: Technical Details of Recovering Robert Goulet's Legacy | Gillware Inc. https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/data-recovery-and-full-drive-encryption-dont-get-locked-out-of-your-failed-drives-data/#comment-1365 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:37:26 +0000 http://blog.www.gillware.com/?p=195#comment-1365 […] The decryption key is actually stored on the drive itself, in an area hidden from the user by the USB-SATA bridge chip. We held our breath as we directed our imaging software to this area, knowing that, at most, there are just two copies of a piece of information, that without, recovery is impossible. Software-based encryption products practically force you to make a backup copy of the decryption key should disaster strike. Manufacturers of hardware self-encrypting storage devices do not even allow this (most see the inaccessibility of the decryption key as a “feature”. A sigh of relief echoed through the lab as the drive produced the keys to the kingdom. Mr. Goulet may be gone, but this impressive legacy of his work was safe. […]

]]> By: Technical Details of Recovering Robert Goulet's Legacy - Gillware Data Recovery https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/data-recovery-and-full-drive-encryption-dont-get-locked-out-of-your-failed-drives-data/#comment-734 Tue, 26 May 2015 23:50:33 +0000 http://blog.www.gillware.com/?p=195#comment-734 […] The decryption key is actually stored on the drive itself, in an area hidden from the user by the USB-SATA bridge chip. We held our breath as we directed our imaging software to this area, knowing that, at most, there are just two copies of a piece of information, that without, recovery is impossible. Software-based encryption products practically force you to make a backup copy of the decryption key should disaster strike. Manufacturers of hardware self-encrypting storage devices do not even allow this (most see the inaccessibility of the decryption key as a “feature”. A sigh of relief echoed through the lab as the drive produced the keys to the kingdom. Mr. Goulet may be gone, but this impressive legacy of his work was safe. […]

]]> By: Terrence Howard https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/data-recovery-and-full-drive-encryption-dont-get-locked-out-of-your-failed-drives-data/#comment-733 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 06:55:24 +0000 http://blog.www.gillware.com/?p=195#comment-733 A comprehensive data backup strategy should always be in place. One should avoid such problems in most cases. A data recovery software should quickly load the data for me. In my experience Rollback Rx is fine for it. Encryption on a hardware level is bad the way I see it. Its really pointless if there are going to b such problems. Even physical backups look necessary now.

]]> By: Antonia https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/data-recovery-and-full-drive-encryption-dont-get-locked-out-of-your-failed-drives-data/#comment-732 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:24:43 +0000 http://blog.www.gillware.com/?p=195#comment-732 thanks 4 a gerat blog post… I work at a hard drive repair center in new york — and def agree with you.

]]> By: Ray McLemore https://www.gillware.com/data-recovery-company/data-recovery-and-full-drive-encryption-dont-get-locked-out-of-your-failed-drives-data/#comment-731 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:27:36 +0000 http://blog.www.gillware.com/?p=195#comment-731 This point hits some very valid points for me, specifically the importance of file encryption and how it can work against some businesses.

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