Re: Windows Restore not working

Thanks for your quick response.

If I understand correctly, if I can find another PC that uses the EFS, then
it should be able to restore my backed up files. Correct?

Obviously, someone wouldn't want to risk messing up their computer to help
me decrypt my files. Are there any risks to converting a PC to the EFS? Is
it possible to convert an XP Pro machine to use the EFS and then put it back
after I decrypt my files? Are there any tools that I can install on XP Home
that will allow me to decrypt my backed up files?

Thanks for your help.

Howard.

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

As far as I know Encrypted files can be opened/read on another PC or over a
network providing you have the password/encryption key, so you should be
able to do what you want to do by using another machine; it just needs to be
running EFS which, sadly, XP Home doesn't.

Take a look at this link which may give you a better idea:
http://www.practicalpc.co.uk/computing/windows/xpencrypt1.htm


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"hheller" <hheller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If I copy the backup file to a different machine running XP Pro, will it
be
able to unencrypt the files or does it have to be on an XP Pro machine
that
is also running the Encrypted File System?



"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

XP Home does not have EFS. As the files are 'encrypted' XP home cannot
un-encrypt them.

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"hheller" <hheller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have backed up my data on an XP Pro machine that has encrypted data
(using
Windows encrypted file system). My computer died and I'm trying to
restore
files to a Windows XP Home machine. I get the follownig error:

"The target file system does not support some the features of the
original
file system. Some data may not be restored as a result"

How can I get my data restored???

Thanks.


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