On 4/17/07, Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
How do I go about retaining my GPG/PGP key after a reinstall of Debian? I used to have it so that my GPG key would automatically ask me to sign when replying to any email, but now I don't have my GPG key anymore. Should I generate a new key, or should I use the old one? How would I go about getting the old one back?
If you are using http://www.gnupg.org/ usually you have the folder called .gnupg in your home directory. you need to backup that folder before a re-install and restore it. If you have not done the backup and installed over the same partition after formatting it with a file system then it is lost. maybe you could try using http://www.sleuthkit.org/ to recover the files but I am not sure how far it will be succesful over a formatted partition Kind Regards Siju