Dekart Private Disk allows to recover the password to the encrypted disk you have partially forgotten by using a Brute-force attack method.
To start the password recovery attempt, please, do the following:
| 1. | Go to Control Panel, click Recovery > Password.... |
| 2. | The Secret disk file image window will appear. |
| 3. | Select the directory where the file-image of the encrypted disk is located, click on this file and click Open. |
| 4. | You will be prompted to enter the password properties - alphabet (password symbols) and password length. |
Figure 43
Password properties window
| 5. | Specify the alphabet (types of symbols), which you suppose to have been used in your password, the password length and click OK. Please, specify the symbols not mentioned above in the Extension field (e.g. Cyrillic symbols) |
| 6. | The prompt window asking you to confirm the password properties choice will appear. Click OK. |
| 7. | The password recovery process window will appear. |
| 8. | Click OK. |
You can stop the password recovery process by pressing the Cancel button. The software will allow you to save the current state of this process in order to continue the recovery from this saved state. If you agree, you will be able to start from the saved state next time you run the password recovery process again.
Note. The risk that a third party person will break your password and access your private data is minimized, provided that you follow our Recommendations for ensuring Dekart Private Disk security. Please visit site of Dekart and read our paper How to recover a lost password .