Help help ehelp!!!!! Data recovery help!

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coolio2654

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ok trying not to get a panic attack here. I downloaded espionge to encrypt my valuable files and while it was encrypting (AES 128 bit i think) the program froze and I had to Force quit it. Now I try to open my file (that i was trying to encrypt) and it looks f*^&# up. I can't open it, and when I tried to unmount the partially encrypted file, espionage gave me errors that it couldnt recover the original file. HHEEELLLLPPPP!!!!! I had basically all my life's valuable accumulated data in that folder (it was 10 Gb+). I will praise anyone to the end of my days that can somehow tell me how to restore my file to its original state.
Usefull info:1) AM planning to pay gazillions for recovery software if need be, but free alternatives are always better.
2) I never secure delete if that helps
3) I still have the .sparseimage for the file created by espionage. (P.S. sparseimage's size looks really close to the orignal, also 10 Gb +).
4) Newest version of OSX, and have an IMac.
5) after incident I haven't done anything (no installations or downloads) apart from writing this.
6) the encrypted file was gonna be in HFS+ i think
 
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Don't worry! Everything's perfectly okay. You simply attach your backup harddrive to your computer and you reinstall everything using the backup on that external volume.
 
Why do people screw around with encryption when they don't even know why the h*&% they are encrypting things in the first place!?! Especially without making a backup first!? Just like all of these folks I see with file vault turned on. Their computers crash or heaven forbid they forget their filevault password then they are in a panic. The funny thing is they have no real reason to have file vault turned on or to be even using encryption. The only reason anyone should even consider encryption is if they are dealing with super sensitive data that it could be catastrophic if the data got into the wrong hands. NOT to keep their kids out of their user account. Sorry to say that if you didn't make a backup first, the NSA may not even be able to help with this.
 
how exactly would i do that??? I got a wireless mac router that has a backup harddrive in it, but idk how to use it.

P.S. Stellar Phoenix macintosh 3.5, would this somehow help?
 
djackmac said:
Why do people screw around with encryption when they don't even know why the h*&% they are encrypting things in the first place!?! Especially without making a backup first!? Just like all of these folks I see with file vault turned on. Their computers crash or heaven forbid they forget their filevault password then they are in a panic. The funny thing is they have no real reason to have file vault turned on or to be even using encryption. The only reason anyone should even consider encryption is if they are dealing with super sensitive data that it could be catastrophic if the data got into the wrong hands. NOT to keep their kids out of their user account. Sorry to say that if you didn't make a backup first, the NSA may not even be able to help with this.
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thats funny, I'm supposed to be venting more frustration right now, not you.
wonder why. Also, I actually had very sensitive personal information i had to encrypt.
AND for the record, I know your bulls*&$$^@& with recovery being impossible, cause I know normally deleted files can ALWAYS be recovered within a few days if you don't download or install too much on your harddrive.
 
coolio2654 said:
how exactly would i do that??? I got a wireless mac router that has a backup harddrive in it, but idk how to use it.

P.S. Stellar Phoenix macintosh 3.5, would this somehow help?
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So you don't even know how to set up a backup which these days BTW couldn't be easier, but you are knowledgeable enough to screw around with encryption? I think your 1st question should have been "how do I set up a backup?" You probably didn't even try learn how first! A forum search would have only brought up probably a hundred different solutions without having to ask. You would have found several responses and probably would have found its a helluva lot easier to set up a backup than to break the encryption to see your files again.

coolio2654 said:
AND for the record, I know your bulls*&$$^@& with recovery being impossible, cause I know normally deleted files can ALWAYS be recovered within a few days if you don't download or install too much on your harddrive.
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BTW: Recovering deleted files and unencrypting encrypted files are two completely different things! Your files are not deleted, they are encrypted!
 
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Hey coolio,
Help me understand...
1) you have no back-up
2) your encryption attempt fouled up in the middle of the process

Was your encryption attempt making a secondary encrypted file or was it working directly on the original files?

If your answers are "yes", "yes", and "original files" then I do believe you are hosed. Have you contacted the makers of your encryption software?
 
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