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Decrypting Restored Files Using Your Own Private Key

If you opted to use your own private key during registration, you must either have the saved key file from when you installed the program or remember the password you used.

To decrypt files:

  1. Log in at https://mozy.com/login.
  2. Click Download Mozy.
  3. Click the Download button under Mozy Decrypt to download the crypto utility.
  4. Click the Crypto Utility link to download the crypto utility.
  5. Save the file to a location you will remember later (such as your Desktop).
  6. Right-click on the Crypto Utility file, then click Run as administrator to run the program.
    Figure 1. Crypto Utility
    Decrypt Utility
  7. Select from one of the following key options, then click OK.
    Option Description
    Enter Key Enter the password phrase you used to create your personal key.
    Import Key Specify the location of the key you saved locally during the installation.
  8. In the Source Folder, specify the folder where you saved your downloaded files.
    Figure 2. File Locations
    File Locations
  9. Specify the folder where you want to place the decrypted files in to the Destination Folder field.

    The Source and Destination folders cannot be in the same path.

  10. Click Decrypt to decrypt the files.

    The files are decrypted to the specified destination folder.

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