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Understanding the daily authorization code

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To prevent unskilled personnel from using the powerful features in DETech, some recovery operations in DETech require authorization. You authorize these features by typing a four-digit code into the authorization screen. This daily authorization code is also known as Code of the Day (COD).

Customers can download the COD tool from the Trellix website.

Note

All DETech operations require authentication. However, only the administrative operations require authorization with the four-digit daily authorization code.

The following operations do not require the daily authorization code:

  • Viewing and retrieving data from the disk (DETech WinPE V3 and V4)

  • Using the workspace utility to view sectors on the disk

  • Using the disk information utility to identify encrypted regions on the disk

  • Setting the encryption algorithm used by DETech

  • Setting the boot disk where DETech performs its operations

The following operations do require the daily authorization code:

  • Removing Drive Encryption (decrypting the disk and restoring the Windows MBR)

  • Repairing disk information

  • Using the crypt sectors and force crypt sectors utilities to manually encrypt or decrypt specific sectors

  • Editing the disk crypt state

  • Restoring the MBR

  • Performing an emergency boot (feature available in DETech Standalone and DEOpalTech Standalone)