Re: Recovery of Encrypted files. help!

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"koby" <koby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I ran the backup utility and choose the entire drive c (except the
>directory
> of cygwin). So?
>

Did you also backup the System State?

Kerry

>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "koby" <koby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:BAAD2AAC-6DE8-45F9-BCEE-CA17ED554D24@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I backed up my entire c disk (without my sygwin files ...), including
>> > some
>> > encrypted files. It is restore time. I managed to restore the
>> > non-encrypted
>> > docs on another machine. But I cant open the encrypted files.
>> >
>> > (1) Can I restore my them on another machine?
>> > (2) Can I restore them on the origimal machine if I reformat the disk
>> > and
>> > re=install windows?
>> > (3) Are there any key-files which I can use to see the files?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>> If you backed up the system state then you should be able to recover the
>> keys. It may be a good idea to try this on a different hard drive.
>> Install a
>> different hard drive as the only drive. Install Windows XP. Restore your
>> backup making sure to overwrite all the files. Try to decrypt the files.
>> Depending on what you backed up this may or may not work. Good luck.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>>
>>


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