Accessing encrypted files

From: Ron (rlmdallas@yahoo.com)
Date: 01/20/03 

From: "Ron" <rlmdallas@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:50:27 -0800

I had an XP Pro setup with 2 physical hard drives. One
was a 4gig with the OS on it only (C drive). The other
was a 15gig with 3 partitions (D, E, F) with my software
and other stuff installed. I encrypted some files on the
15gig hard drive in the E and F partitions. Then the
4gig stopped booting, so I was unable to boot with the
original OS. I then installed XP on the D partition of
the 15gig and made the the 4gig a slave. I was then able
to boot up and see the contents of the 4gig. I used the
backup utility to make a backup of the 4gig drive. When
I made the backup I forgot to select the System State
Data box to backup at the same time (that will be
important later). I formatted the 4gig to see if I could
make it bootable again with no luck. I went through all
of the info I could find about accessing the encrypted
files by getting the certificates and keys from the
original OS setup. After I realized I needed these files
I used some recovery software (R-Studio) to recover all
the data on the 4gig that I had just formatted, which I
was able to do. So, now I have all the data from the
original 4gig drive, plus the backup file I made before
formatting it. I am pretty sure I have all the original
files (certificates and keys) recovered, I just have been
unable to restore them to their proper locations to gain
me access to the encrypted files. I have gone through
the help files about importing, exporting, taking
ownership of the file, adding myself as the recovery
agent (with no luck), and everthing else I could find.
By the way, calling microsoft is not an option since my
copy of XP is a copy. I am now hoping I can find someone
who can help find out if I do have all the correct files,
certificates, and keys available that are needed to
access these files. Thank you in advance for your help.
I am also willing to call someone on the phone to try and
work this out, since I know this might sound confusing.
Thanks again.

Ron.

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