bkbs Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 My backup drive has completely failed, ( i.e. will not even spin up) and I have been asked to return it. Naturally it contains a full backup of my financial & personal data which for obvious reasons I don't want to hand over to anyone - can Retrospect backup files be read easily by other applications? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Did you encrypt the backup set? Your answer determines the answer to your question, depending on how you define "easily". If the disk can be made readable again (by, for example, putting the platters in a new drive using clean room techniques), then the sectors (and files) will be readable. Is your financial data worth more than the cost of a drive? We use the sledgehammer approach to "archive" old drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkbs Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Thanks, no is the answer to both questions - guess it's a lesson learned, I will encrypt backups in future, and trash the drive in favour of a new one - makes the 'warranty' a bit pointless though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhwalker Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Well, make sure you remember the encryption key. Forget that, and there is no back door to retrieve the data. The sword cuts both ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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