Re: ** Encryption problem **

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From: DILIP (dilipr_at_#*&!%l.com)
Date: 07/15/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:15:35 +0530

Unless you backed up your private key certificate, the files are just
garbage. EFS uses the certificate associated with the user account and
safely guards these keys, using them whilst decrypting encrypted files.

It is important to understand how EFS works before just using it as a
feature. Open Help and Support and type EFS. 

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"Jethic" <dubeg30@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:u7pkLTiaEHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Greetings all,
>
> On my PC I have 2 partition, one for my documents and one for my O/S and
> programs. I had to reinstall WinXP last week and I forgot that some of my
> files on my other partition were encrypted with the windows encryption
> system. Now I cannot open them anymore because the security key was for my
> older administrative password. It says I do not have the right to access
> them. I cannot take out the encryption either, neither move them in a 
> FAT32
> partition(where I though it might take out all NTFS permission), cannot 
> burn
> them, cannot convert this partition to FAT32 since there's some encrypted
> file in it. But I REALLY NEED THESE FILES!!
>
> Is there a way I can recover them? Or a way to take out the encryption out
> of them?
>
> thx
>
>

Relevant Pages

  • RE: MS EFS Question
    ... FAT or NTFS4 partition? ... Subject: MS EFS Question ... > pretty sure that in the 2nd case it retains the encryption. ...
    (Security-Basics)
  • RE: MS EFS Question
    ... > Subject: Re: MS EFS Question ... >> (NTFS or FAT). ... >> you transfer it to a fat32 partition what happens? ... >> pretty sure that in the 2nd case it retains the encryption. ...
    (Security-Basics)
  • Re: Dual boot security question
    ... to protect the files on the parental partition. ... If there are non-system files you need to protect, ... built-in file encryption on the Pro install - EFS. ... not have the keys to decrypt, but Home Edition can't grok EFS. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin)
  • RE: Protecting sensitive files on a Windows file server
    ... especially secure (using the file encryption is better though). ... Protecting sensitive files on a Windows file server ... recovery (which can also break EFS) and online password/data recovery ...
    (Security-Basics)
  • Re: EFS Private Keys
    ... It's possible to have a cluster that was in use that couldn't be wiped. ... > syskey was to EFS in W2K, ... >>> the private keys are protected however the key to the private key is ... >>> stronger encryption available for EFSfiles permanently if you don't. ...
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