Re: EFS data recovery
- From: "GreenieLeBrun" <GreenieLeBrun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:05:42 +1100
__PPS__ wrote:
Hello everybody, I stored some my important data in an encrypted text
file. Two months ago I gave my PC to my mother and just got a new pc
for me. Before I gave my pc I copied all my data to another HD. What
happened is that my encrypted folder also remained encrypted on the
other HD and now I can't read the files. So... the only way is to get
that certificate from my pc that was used for encryption. But I'm not
sure if I reinstalled windows on my pc before I gave it to my mother.
If I didn't then it'll be easy to recover that certificates. But in
case if I reformatted my hd the only possibility is that I can somehow
extract that certificates from the local copy of the data that I have.
Basically, I have copied that user folder located in C:\Document and
Settings\my_user_name". How can I recover the certificate files from
that what I have, are they located in user folder?
thanks
Basically no key/certificate=no recovery
The Encrypting File System
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/cryptographyetc/efs.mspx
Best practices for the Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316/en-us
How to back up the recovery agent Encrypting File System (EFS) private key
in Windows Server 2003, in Windows 2000, and in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241201
How To Encrypt a Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308989
How To Remove File Encryption in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308993
How To Encrypt a File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307877
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