Data recovery via synchroization

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 last edited by

Good afternoon! After a forced (emergency) reinstallation of the operating system, I am trying to restore all data from the old system through synchronization. Faced with the following problem, all data is encrypted. Can you tell me how to get to the data?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 Login to Sync, you should be asked to provide your passphrase and will get your data back.

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by

@leocg Tried it, to no avail. I also tried it on another device, the result is the same as in the previously attached screenshot.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 You need to login to Sync and not to the site sync.opera.com

On the page, all your data will always be encrypted unless you stop using a passphrase.

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by

@leocg I did this, I also tried it on another PC, the result is the same.

I tried to disable the passphrase, the tab is not active.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by leocg

@wust3553 So you enabled synchronization but you don't get your synced data?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 To disable the use of a passphrase, first you need to reset your synced data

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by

@leocg All right. What else needs to be done to gain access to the data?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 On the site? First you need to click on the Reset Passphrase link. Then you read all the warnings and confirm the reset.

After that you login to Sync, go to synchronization options and make sure to be using your Opera account credentials for the encryption process.

When your synced data starts appearing again on sync.opera.com you will be able to see all your data except for passwords.

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by

@leocg If I understand everything correctly, then after resetting the passphrase, all data from Opera servers will be reset. In my current situation, this is not an option, since after reinstalling the operating system, I did not have copies of the data left, and I will not be able to get them where they were stored because the system was completely deleted and all hopes were for synchronization. Previously, I had already pulled data from previous operating systems in the same way 2-3 times, but this time something went wrong. Some data has been stored there for 8 years. What are the options for data recovery?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 Then you need to wait for synchronization to happen.

In opera://sync-internals/, the Type Infor board shows that synchronization is happening normally?

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by Wust3553

@leocg

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leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 Everything is fine, it says that your data has been synced.

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by

@leocg This is great, but still I wanted not only to know that synchronization works, but also to use the data, saved tabs and other things that were synchronized on the last operating system

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

@wust3553 Bookmarks will be in the bookmarks page,l passwords will be in the passwords manager, opened tabs from other installations can be accessed by clicking on tabs icon in address bar.

[Wust3553]

Wust3553 @leocg last edited by

@leocg bookmarks seem to be all in place, passwords are partial.
As I understand it, you can forget about this function (tabs are not active)?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Wust3553 last edited by

@wust3553 If you don;t see the tabs icon in sidebar, try going to opera://activity/