{"id":1180,"date":"2022-08-30T15:13:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/09\/convert-large-amount-of-code-to-data-in-ida-collection-of-common-programming-errors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:13:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:13:43","slug":"convert-large-amount-of-code-to-data-in-ida-collection-of-common-programming-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknownerror.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/30\/convert-large-amount-of-code-to-data-in-ida-collection-of-common-programming-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert large amount of code to data in IDA-Collection of common programming errors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Unfortunately I hit ‘C’ on a data section of a binary i had worked a lot on and saved it as i had a lot of work unsaved. I tried converting this huge section back to data but whenever i select lines and press ‘D’, only the line where the cursor was gets converted to data.<\/p>\n

So, My question is, How do i mark\/convert a large amount of data to code in IDA (specifically 6.1)<\/p>\n

(The target architecture is ARM if that matters).<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    D<\/code> is to define a single data. You can go to the first instruction and use U<\/code> for Undefine<\/code>. It will remove more code than “Convert to data”.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    You could do it with a quick IDAPython script, e.g. enter:<\/p>\n

    for a in xrange(startaddr, endaddr): MakeCode(a)\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
    into the ‘Python’ field of the Output window.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Originally posted 2013-11-09 23:37:00. <\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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