New Laptop; Lost secret key. Recover?
My old laptop stopped charging and completely wouldn't turn on. My emergency pdf was stored there. I didn't put my files on a cloud. How can I get my secret key?
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One of your best bets would be to remove the hard drive from your laptop and try to recover data from it. Based on the fact that your laptop wouldn't charge and turn ON anymore, it is likely that your hard drive itself is still fine and you may be able to retrieve your data from it.
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@nis: Indeed, that will be the best option if that's the only place the data was stored.
@carlos_blockfi: But, before you go messing around with hard drives, I want to make sure we're on the same page, as these two comments seem to contradict each other:
My emergency pdf was stored there.
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I didn't put my files on a cloud.
To be clear, it sounds like you may be trying to login with a 1Password Account, but you will only have one if you've signed up for a 1Password.com membership. That’s the only way you’ll have a Secret Key or Sign In URL, or be able to access your data through 1Password.com. Instead, you can use 1Password without an account and sync your data from another device or create a new vault. Had you been using the 1Password.com "cloud" service, or did you store your 1Password data only on your laptop? If the latter, then nis is correct: you'll need to recover it from the old computer, otherwise it will be gone forever. Let me know.
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@brenty I solved the issue now by getting my company's administrator to re-add me and regenerate a private key. Nonetheless, I wasn't using the 1Pass cloud service, but I will now.
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@carlos_blockfi: Glad to hear it. Thanks for the update! And if you use 1Password.com in a family or team setting, you can also take advantage of account recovery options there as well. Cheers! :)
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