Re: Decrypting files without key or DRA after restoring Windows XP crash

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 12/12/02 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:42:38 -0700

Brooks;
If you did not back-up the encryption key or the Recovery Agent and
are not on a domain, the files are as good as gone.
EFS is very good at what it does and there is no back door.
Read and understand this document before using EFS:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/recover
y/default.asp 

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"Brooks" <hung@firsth.com> wrote in message
news:004e01c2a1ab$d4420050$8ef82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA04...
> Hi,
>
> I have encrypted files but when I restored my Windows XP
> after its crash, I keep getting "Access Denied" error. I
> had not generated the key to decrypt them nor assigning DRA
> (data recovery agent) as I had not prior knowledge of these
> functions. Is it still possible to decrypt the files and
> how could it be done? Your help is very much appreciated.

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