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SD Card Restoration Is Required

This document provides instructions for restoring an encrypted machine using an SD card. It describes different restoration methods for older vs newer machines. For older machines, the SD card needs a "restore_key" folder containing an "nvram_key.txt" file with "nvclear". For newer machines, the "restore_key" folder needs a subfolder named after the machine's serial number, containing a "key_serialnumber.txt" file with the same text. Other issues that could prevent recovery are a mismatched serial number or differing hardware configurations between machines.

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SD Card Restoration Is Required

This document provides instructions for restoring an encrypted machine using an SD card. It describes different restoration methods for older vs newer machines. For older machines, the SD card needs a "restore_key" folder containing an "nvram_key.txt" file with "nvclear". For newer machines, the "restore_key" folder needs a subfolder named after the machine's serial number, containing a "key_serialnumber.txt" file with the same text. Other issues that could prevent recovery are a mismatched serial number or differing hardware configurations between machines.

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SD card restoration is required

Encryption recovery steps to use are machine


dependent, older vs. newer.
See bottom for additional thoughts.

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On 'older' encrypted machines follow below


to force clear
encryption (or perform recovery if the key
is available):

1) Freshly formatted SD card, completely


blank. I like to use
the SD Association formatted and do a full
overwrite.

2) Create a directory named:

restore_key

3) Create a text file in the newly created


'restore_key' directory named:

nvram_key.txt

Note that you do not add the .txt to the


file name if you are hiding known
file extensions in your file browser, you
will end up with a
file named nvram_key.txt.txt that WILL NOT
work.

4) Edit the newly created nvram_key.txt file


to contain the text string:

nvclear

Note here there must be no additional


carriage returns - do not
hit return / enter, you will create a new
line and the file WILL NOT work.
If you have the encryption key and are
attempting recovery enter
the text string of the encryption key
instead.

5) Insert the card in the service slot (2)


and start up the machine.
When the normal screen appears, shut down
and remove the card.

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On newer machines the format and naming are


different:

1) Freshly formatted SD card, completely


blank. I like to use the SD Association
formatted and do a full overwrite.

2) Create a directory named:

restore_key

3) Inside the newly created 'restore_key'


directory, create another
directory named the same as the target
machines serial number (example only):

A12BC345678

4) Create a text file inside the newly


created 'serial number' folder
named in the format key_serialnumber.txt
(example only):

key_A12BC345678.txt

Note that you do not add the .txt to the


file name if you are hiding known
file extensions in your file browser, you
will end up with a file named
key_serialnumber.txt.txt that WILL NOT work.

5) Edit the newly created


key_serialnumber.txt file to contain the
text string:

nvclear

Note here there must be no additional


carriage returns - do not hit
return / enter, you will create a new line
and the file WILL NOT work.
If you have the encryption key and are
attempting recovery enter the text
string of the encryption key instead.

6) Insert the card in the service slot (2)


and start up the machine.
When the normal screen appears, shut down
and remove the card.

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Other issues that may prevent recovery:

Using a controller that was in a different


machine may be an issue due to a serial
number mismatch.

Having a differing hardware configuration


may present an issue, i.e. one machine
having a hard drive and the other not.
In general avoid swapping boards, you may
end up with more headaches than you solve.
Also, unless insisted upon by a client don't
encrypt machines. Controller issues
are much more difficult to resolve when
encryption is applied.

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