Re: EFS nightmare...
From: alec eiffel (a_eiffel_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/23/03
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:17:17 -0700
hi -- thanks for responding. signing up for microsoft
product support services might be worth the expense if i
knew for certain a recovery was possible -- is there any
way to check and see?
>-----Original Message-----
>It is not clear whether or not you still have elements of
your profile
>available. If you do have enough, Microsoft Product
Support Services can
>walk you through some steps to try and attempt a recovery.
>
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>David B. Cross [MS]
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>"alec eiffel" <a_eiffel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:05a601c39927$1d7d48b0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm trying to recover files on my hard drive that have
>> been encrypted with an old EFS certificate, and I'm
hoping
>> someone can help me. My registry became corrupted, and
in
>> the process of repairing the registry and reinstalling
>> windows xp, my profile was overwritten (though my files
>> and other data are intact). However, i can no longer
>> access the encrypted files. (Before you tell me I
should
>> have made a backup key -- I did. But I lost the floppy.
>> What I should have done is not lost the floppy...)
>>
>> Anyway, I've checked
>> out "www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/" but
it's
>> near incomprehesible (to me), and i don't think the
>> instructions apply to windows xp; for instance, i
couldn't
>> find a registry key that
>> matched: "hklm\sam\sam\domains\account\users\%
>> usernumbers%". If someone could help me interpret the
>> instructions to match my situation, i would really
>> appreciate it.
>>
>> The reason I think there's a ray of hope is that I
>> downloaded the program "EFS Key"
>> from "www.lostpassword.com" and it was able to
>> successfully decrypt an encrypted text file and show
some
>> of the text in it's preview pane. However, the program
is
>> not compatible with dynamic drives, so it cannot fully
>> recover files on a dynamic drive. And, ofcourse, you-
>> guessed-it, I converted my NTFS drive to dynamic a few
>> months ago (some, uh, microsoft site said it was a smart
>> thing to do...)
>>
>> Anyway, if this program is able to partially decrypt
this
>> text file (with my original password), then some portion
>> of the certificate and private key must be present
>> somewhere on my disk. If only I could find it, and
somehow
>> import it into my certificates base, regaining access to
>> all my files... can anyone help?
>>
>> thanks...
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