Re: Windows crased, efs lost??


"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hermann Rauschmayr wrote:
>
>>> The best article on efs recovery is at www.beginningtoseethelight.org
>>> Generally speaking, you may be able to restore your files if you
>>> still have a copy of the old user profile under c:\documents and
>>> settings\, and if you don't, the files are probably not recoverable.
>>
>> i have a copy, but XP tells me, that i have not enough priviledges to
>> enter my folder in "Documents and Settungs/me", so i cannot access to
>> the key, stored in "documents and settings/me/application
>> data/microsoft/..."
>
> Taking ownership should help:
>
> "Access is Denied" Error Message When You Try to Open a Folder
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810881
>
> HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
>
>
>> maybee booting from a different OS, copying the key-files, that
>> should be saved there and then telling the new XP to use them???
>
> You will need to follow the instructions here carefully:
>
> http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org
>


very very carefully



>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx


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