Re: Recovering Encrypted Files
From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 02/07/04
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:32:46 -0700
You most quick route will be to restore the old W2k system
to bootability from a complete, recent backup.
You are dealing with lost cert/key from the encrypting account
and version changes from W2k to XP. Getting past the first one
will be the hard part.
Do you have any recent backup of the old system ?
If not one that can restore the old to bootability, then one that
at least includes the profile of the old encypting account?
Setting up a DRA, to be of any use in your situation, would
have had to be done before the files were last touched and
reencrypted. Even then, that decryption key would have been
lost just as the encrypting account's has been - if you did not
export them.
"TC" <tcmailinglist@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:3199a3c9.0402070857.2948ac10@posting.google.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am in need of some serious assistance ...
>
> I have 2 partitions One - has my data files and a directory that was
> encrypted with EFS and the other hard drive is just my OS. Well I had
> to reinstall my old OS (Windows 2000) and loaded XP Pro. After the
> install was complete, I realized that the directory was encrypted and
> all my important files were encrypted. I have attempted to use CIPHER
> and establish a new DRA as instructed through MSFT. However, I have
> been unsuccessful with these steps and I am now looking at 3rd party
> tools that might be able to assist. Has anyone encountered this
> careless mistake before or have any insight as to how I might be able
> to recover some of these files.
>
> I appreciate your assistance and thanks in advance.
>
> tc
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