Re: Recovering encrypted files and folders
From: Peter Clark (clark@hushmail.com)
Date: 03/31/03
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From: "Peter Clark" <clark@hushmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 06:07:47 -0800
http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/
>-----Original Message-----
> If you formatted your hard drive before you
reinstalled W2K, those
>encrypted files are almost certainly never to be available
again. Another
>recovery agent will do you no good. The only two keys that
can possibly
>decrypt those files are YOUR user key and the recovery key
for YOUR computer
>which were used at the time the files were encrypted. The
recovery key would
>have been by default the local administrator, since
apparently your
>computer is not a member of a domain. If you backed
up/exported either of
>those certificate/keys you should still be able to decrypt
those files
>assuming they are available. Now if you did a reinstall
and did not format
>your drive and your old user profiles are still available
you might be able
>to extract the keys to decrypt your files. The profiles
are under the
>documents and settings folder and listed by user name. If
you see two
>administrator profiles, with one having a numerical
increment extension or
>other extension, then you may just be in luck. If you
think the old profiles
>are there and you can remember the passwords for those
accounts, then you
>could try a program that will try to decrypt the files or
call Microsoft
>support for instructions. Good luck and rember to always
back up your
>private keys to external media. --- Steve
>
>http://www.crackpassword.com/advanced_efs_data_recovery.html
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B243026
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B255742
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B242296
>
>"Michael Neuhaus" <mikeneuhaus@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:035c01c2f728$264b3250$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> I had 3 hard drives on my PC. The first was W2K and
>> Office. The second disk was copies of My Documents. The
>> third disk had My Documents also. I know this sounds like
>> overkill, but I have been hacked before. I encrypted the
>> My Documents folder and all subfolders and files in it on
>> the C: drive. I also did the same on the other 2 disks. A
>> few days ago, the OS crashed. I reinstalled W2K before I
>> remembered to decrypt the My Document folders and files on
>> the other 2 disks. Now I can't access them. I tried the
>> recovery agent, but it didn't work. I think I deleted a
>> key, I don't know. I tried Cipher and it said it worked in
>> the command line, but it didn't. I am running Pro, not
>> Server. Is server required to use Cipher? I didn't install
>> Cipher like I later learned you have to do. I just went to
>> a DOS prompt and tried it. A friend said that I could
>> either connect to a domain somewhere and use Certificates
>> and keys that the domain controller would issue to me or
>> the other choice, according to the MOC book is to send the
>> files and folders to someone who is a recovery agent on
>> HIS machine and he could decrypt them and send them back
>> to me. My first disk is in a pull tray. Another suggestion
>> was to buy a second pull tray and hard disk, install
>> Server or Advanced Server (I have both) and then I could
>> issue myself a certificate and keys and then go to the
>> other 2 disks and decrypt the files. Can anyone please
>> help me? I need these files ASAP, it's very important to
>> me. Many thanks in advance. If anyone reads this, I don't
>> know if I will find your post. PLEASE email me the answer
>> if you can. I would be very grateful. Thank you.
>> mikeneuhaus@comcast.net Have a nice day.
>
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