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wrt
April 15th 03, 02:36 AM
I am very thankful and pleased to report that with the help of the article
posted at http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/ and especially
with the careful and kind assistance of the author of the article posted
therein I have recovered all of my Encrypted files. Contrary to what I
have read in many locations it IS possible to recovered Encrypted files
especially if you have a backup of your previous system or at least a few
choice files. To learn more, if you find this post while looking for a
fix, you ought to head right over to
http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/.

Somebody really ought to put Peter to work but it had better be a
challenging project or I suspect he'll get bored! :)



"wrt" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you Roger for your comments. I am looking into the method and
> resources that Peter Clark provides. It looks hopeful. I will post my
> results when they manifest.
>
> wrt
>
>
> "Roger Abell [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> From what you have posted, it is your only hope other than
> opening a paid support call with Microsoft or purchase of
> a product designed for your problem. IOW based on the
> info you provided, it is you only free alternative.
>
> --
> Roger
>
> "wrt" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thank you. Very involved, but may be what I need to do.
> >
> >
> > "Peter Clark" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > may help:
> > >
> > > http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/
> > >
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >I had to reinstall Win XP Pro. Before doing so I back up
> > > my Documents which
> > > >had been encrypted within the system before I wiped it out
> > > to reinstall XP.
> > > >I did backup the entire file structure of the old system.
> > > Now that the new
> > > >system is up and running I am not able to access My
> > > Documents because they
> > > >were encrypted under the previous XP install. However,
> > > (as I said) I can
> > > >restore any files to locations within the new XP install
> > > and/or obtain the
> > > >Encryption Keys (hopefully)somehow from the old XP file
> > > structure. I know
> > > >that this is a serious issue. My hope is that I can
> > > somehow manipulate a
> > > >fix.
> > > >
> > > >Primarily, at this point, I would like to know where the
> > > Private Key is
> > > >stored when one encrypts files.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>

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