Extract text from encrypted volume keys (EVK)
To convert EVK volume keys to another format, you need Elcomsoft Password Recovery or other Encoded software.
To convert other file formats to the "Encryption Key File" file type, you need software like Elcomsoft Password Recovery or a similar tool.
An .evk file is an Encrypted Volume Key, a highly specialized data file generated by digital forensics tools like Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor. These files contain extracted disk encryption keys - often intercepted from a computer's live RAM or hibernation files - belonging to encrypted volumes like BitLocker, PGP, or TrueCrypt.
Because of its strict security purpose, the .evk format has severe disadvantages for everyday users. It is a proprietary, closed binary format. You cannot open it natively in Windows or macOS, and standard text editors will only display scrambled, unreadable characters. To make use of the file, it requires a paid, specialized environment like Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery to mount the volume or launch brute-force password attacks.
Converting an .evk file into standard formats like PDF or DOCX is generally impossible and pointless, as it does not contain documents or images. At best, forensic investigators might extract the raw hexadecimal key values into TXT or CSV formats for reporting purposes, but this results in raw cryptographic strings, not human-readable content.
This file format is difficult to open or convert because standard online converters fail to process its proprietary encryption architecture. Often, only the original Elcomsoft software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your EVK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert EVK file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Elcomsoft Password Recovery or similar software from the "Cryptographic Key Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to EVK, try Elcomsoft Password Recovery or another comparable tool in the "Cryptographic Key Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our EVK converter.