Re: Urgent Help Needed

From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 01/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:21:46 +0100

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> David A wrote in message:
> >
> > I'm locked out of my Original windows XP installation. If I
> > install a clean copy on another partition is there a way for
> > me to get my user/security profile so I can regain access to
> > my encrypted NTFS partition?
>
> Only if you previously made a backup copy of your encryption key.
> If not, you'll not be able to decrypt those files.

Hi

That is not correct in all cases... 

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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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