Trellix DEOpalTech (Standalone) is a disaster recovery tool that allows the administrator to perform normal recovery functions. It enhances the user experience with a simplified process of creating the DEOpalTech boot disk. You can create the boot disk by running a simple command from the command prompt.
Make sure that you have a USB drive/port in your computer and a USB memory stick.
The Opal specification states that an Opal drive automatically locks when the drive is powered down, and PBA is displayed only after the drive is powered down. However, if you restart the system when Drive Encryption is active within Windows, the drive is locked by Drive Encryption, and hence the PBA appears after restart, hibernation, or power cycle.
When using DETech, the behavior is different. After you authenticate the drive using DETech, the drive is unlocked and PBA is not displayed until the drive is powered down. When you quit DETech, the system restarts and, because the drive has been unlocked by your authentication, PBA is not displayed. This is an expected behavior.
Create a bootable USB memory stick:
Extract EETech.zip, then copy the Standalone folder to the desired location.
Insert the USB memory stick and format it using the following command:
C:\>format 'volume': /FS:FAT32 /V:EEOpalTechMake sure to replace 'volume' with the drive letter of the USB drive/port. For instance, consider the USB drive/port as 'G'.
Note
The right-click format (FAT 32) and quick format (FAT32) does not work on all USB memory sticks or hardware combinations.
Point to the Standalone folder from the command prompt.
Run the command
Bootdisk.exe EEOpalTech.RTB <drive letter>:from the command prompt to create the bootable USB memory stick.