accidental quick format, files restored but encrypted

[lama99]

have simpletech portable hard drive. accidental quick format but was able to restore files using ZAR. however files were originally encrypted (AES-128 bit) using simpletech's storagesync software but unsure how to decrypt now since storagesync doesn't see restored files

[Alexey V. Gubin]

We never worked with StorageSync, so that requires some consideration. I'm going to take a look at that software, and will be back to you then.

[Alexey V. Gubin]

Do you have the two files available, "drive.lst" and "drive.dat", among the recovered files?

[lama99]

yes, i can see those 2 files in the zar file scan. i am restoring them now and hopefully storagesync will recognize the restored files. will keep you posted. thanks

[Alexey V. Gubin]

So, this is what I suggest.

1. Make two empty folders under your C: drive, or whatever you use, let's say that be C:\TEST and C:\REC
2. On a Start Menu, click Run, type in "SUBST T: C:\TEST" without quotes, click OK.
3. Repeat above but type "SUBST R: C:\REC"
(note this assumes you do not use drives T: and R: )
The above creates two "virtual" drives backed up by their respective directories. These are not a "real", e.g. ZAR cannot handle them, but these are good enough for StorageSync.

4. Now run StorageSync and back up some small set of arbitrary files onto drive T:. This provides a known-good folder structure how the StorageSync requires it.
5. Finally, you need to create a similar structure on the drive R: from the files you recovered; then have StorageSync perform a restore from drive R:.