Re: accessing encrypted file

From: *Vanguard* (reply-to-newsgroup_at_to-email.use-Reply.obey-signature.invalid)
Date: 05/31/04


Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 17:50:07 -0500

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com said in
news:150e401c4466b$c07b2f40$a601280a@phx.gbl:
> Due to corruption I can not login to windows but Ineed to
> get some file held in my folder in Documents and settings?
>
> I can see the folders by using the disk as a slave drive
> but as i'm not logged in in the normal way I can not
> access the folder.
>
> Can anyone privide me with assistance on how I might be
> able to get my files???
>
> Ken

After you used EFS to encrypt the folder or files, did you then exported
the generated EFS security certificate to a floppy, CD-R, or other
removable media to provide for file recovery? When you exported the EFS
certificate, did you include both the private and public keys (which
then requires that you password-protect the exported .pks file and then
use that password when you import it)?

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