Thus said "Jared W. Robinson" on Tue, 19 May 2009 06:05:47 MDT: > My grandmother has been working on an obituary for my grandfather (who > is still with us), but somehow it got encrypted, and she doesn't know > what the password is. I'm looking for someone who can decrypt it for > me.
Is the file encrypted or merely password protected? If the latter, you could use strings to extract out the data. Otherwise, Nick suggested you find a temporary copy... what about using something like sleuthkit to mine your hard drive? Or you could use some of the tools in Hiren's boot CD to extract the data. Basically, any file recovery tools might be able to locate an extra copy. A lot might depend on whether Word just overwrites blocks, or if it creates temporary copies as it works on a file. How much time do you have to recover the file? Andy -- [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 9:40pm up 45 min, 1 user, load average: 1.05, 1.10, 1.15 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
