Re: Find Encryption Key File

Realistically not without a copy of the user profile or a backup of your EFS
private key from a password protected .pfx file. You may however try to use
a file recovery program to find and restore the needed profile files if they
have not been overwritten by the operating system. The needed folder is in
the user profile under documents and settings\username\application
data\Microsoft\crypto. If you can find and restore it you could try using
EFS recovery program from Elcomsoft to see if it can allow you access to
your EFS private key. --- Steve



"Jerscy" <cinnamon4urcoffee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1145273927.805190.150620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I see... I have this similar problem when my pc crashed. I reinstalled
Win XP Pro SP2 without reformatting the disk. However, I deleted the
parallel folders. Is there any way for me to recover the private key?



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