Can I recover lost TrueCrypt container?

February 15, 2016 8:56 AM

Had to do a factory reset of my PC. All of my data was supposed to be backed up by Dell DataSafe (and mostly was) but my TrueCrypt containers are missing. Is there anyway to recover them?

I had several TrueCrypt containers (I know, I know, but this was for personal writings and stuff, not financial records) that didn't show up when I reloaded my backed up data with Dell DataSafe after doing a factory reset of my computer. I have searched the whole computer for *.tc files and nothing is coming up. Also ran Recuva, which did not find any .tc files. Are these gone forever? Why did this happen?

posted by jimmysmits to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Only speculating because of lack of direct experience with Dell DataSafe but going by their FAQ page (emphasis mine):

Backup profiles save the scheduling information and the configuration information for a File and Folder Backup. This includes the type of backup to be made, the types of files to be backed up and the destination of the backup.

My guess answer for why this happened is that in your profile .tc files were not one of the file types configured to be backed up, so DataSafe simply ignored them.
posted by Bangaioh at 3:34 PM on February 15, 2016

Are you positive they were called something.tc? That's not a requirement.
posted by alexei at 12:12 PM on February 16, 2016