Re: Encryption trouble

From: Star Fleet Admiral Q (Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NOSPAM)_at_(SPAMNOT)hotmail.com)
Date: 12/23/03

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    If you don't have access to the old profile that encrypted them, the EFS
    certificate from the profile that encrypted them or a certificate from a
    designated recovery agent (the latter 2 must be done before access is lost),
    then your files I'd say are just occupying bits on the disk platter (i.e.
    taking up space) - if there was a back door to EFS encryption, then it
    wouldn't have been worth the time/money MS put into it.

    "jesse" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:05f801c3c90e$ecd39440$a301280a@phx.gbl...
    > I have encrypted some files with in my data drive which
    > is in D drive ok. However I had to format my system
    > partition and I've lost access to my encrypted files cuz
    > of SID info and other stuff.
    > Is there anyway to recover my lost encrypted files?
    >
    > Thank you
    > Jesse

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