Re: encrypted files

From: Keith W. McCammon (km@km.com)
Date: 10/22/02 

From: "Keith W. McCammon" <km@km.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:41:14 -0400

> I had some files on my PC that were encrypted with EFS. I
> reinstalled the OS and formatted the first partition
> however I kept those files in a different HD. But I forget
> make a copy of the certificate.
> I am logged on as the same user
> but I cannot read the encrypted files .I created a
> recovery agent but it was .Will I ever be able to get
> these files back?

You are logged on as a user with the same name, but not the same user. If
you do not have a recovery key, and your PC is not a member of a domain (in
which case the domain admin key could be used to recover), then the files
are no more...

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