Re: EFS problem
From: somebody@compusmart.ab.ca
Date: 08/28/02
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From: somebody@compusmart.ab.ca Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:08:42 GMT
"Ron" <digitalvideoinfo@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have (had?) a large encrypted partition under Win 2K.
>I recently decided to upgrade to Win XP Pro, and didn't
>back up my data first. The upgrade failed, and now I
>can't manage to decrypt my data.
>
>I installed a fresh copy of XP in a different partition ,
>so I can access the encrypted partition (not the files
>therein). But even though I imported my encryption cert
>(from my original Win2K system) from floppy (into the cert
>store in my new XP installation), I still can't decrypt my
>files. I still have the Administrator's keys and certs
>from the Win2K partition (they're not encrypted, though my
>attempt to upgrade to XP may have corrupted them), and
>I've designated my Adminstrator account on the new XP
>installation as the default data recovery agent. I've
>even imported my old Win2K Adminstrator cert/key. But XP
>still won't decrypt these files for me. Any suggestions?
Not sure if this will help, but have you tried taking ownership first?
Roger
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