EFS file recovery without the exported cert

From: Robban (robert.svensson@sas.se)
Date: 11/05/02 

From: robert.svensson@sas.se (Robban)
Date: 5 Nov 2002 06:35:51 -0800

I need some help. I use efs on a few folders that resides on a w2k
machine that has crashed. It turns out that the
winnt\system32\config\software (the software part of the registry)
file had become corrupt so I had to restore in from the backup
software.sav file.

I then reinstalled w2k but in a new folder (c:\winnt2) and left the
file system intact. I can access and browse all files on the old w2k
installation, including C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application
Data\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My\Certificates and so on...

I there a way to recover my certs and my EFS files?

Please don't tell me that I need to backup my certs after applying efs
or anything like that. I'm aware of it and that's not the problem
right now.

Hope you can help :)
//later
R

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