Re: Need help unencrypting files after computer exploded

mikeymasonic wrote:
right so this is a little ridiculous. i had picture files on my
computer that i encrypted, but of course i did not backup the efs
file, awesome!
so then one day my mother board caught on fire, yeah i know...
so then i unplugged it and it put the fire out, and i was able to
salvage my hard drives from it. so i bought a new tower and put said
hard drives in (without formatting) and now i'm having a hard time
accessing those said encrypted files. i just wanted to find out from
the source if all hope was lost or if there is some kind of magic way
i can un-encrypt or retrieve a efs file. thanks-

mikey.

Unfortunately, they are gone for good. I hope you have backups if
they're important.

Not sure what you meant by "the source" above, but this group is not
comprised of Microsoft employees or support personnel. It's just
volunteers, like any other group; people helping people. So you are not
talking to microsoft.com or Inc. when you post here.

HTH,

Twayne



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