Problems with encrypted folder

[Pablo Cesar]

People...i beg for help!!!

I have a disk with an installation of windows xp that belongs to a machine
that is not working anymore, so i buy a new machine, installed windows xp
and try to acces the information under my user in C:\Documents and
Settings\MyUserName but i get "access denied"...i thing this is due i marked
this folder as private when i was using that Windows....i tried to boot from
the old thisk in the new machine but i cann't do it, i only get blue screens
telling me that something failled....what can i do? the information there is
vital for me.


Thanks a lot and sorry for my bad english.

Best wishes

Pablo Cesar.

[Bruce Chambers]

Pablo Cesar wrote:
> People...i beg for help!!!
>
> I have a disk with an installation of windows xp that belongs to a machine
> that is not working anymore, so i buy a new machine, installed windows xp
> and try to acces the information under my user in C:\Documents and
> Settings\MyUserName but i get "access denied"...i thing this is due i marked
> this folder as private when i was using that Windows....i tried to boot from
> the old thisk in the new machine but i cann't do it, i only get blue screens
> telling me that something failled....what can i do? the information there is
> vital for me.
>
>


Is the data actually encrypted, as your subject line suggests? If so,
and if the your encryption certificates and keys were not backed up
before placing the hard drive in the new computer, and the workstation
isn't part of a domain, those files are gone, for all practical
purposes. Encryption works well and there is no "back door" or hack to
access the files. (Wouldn't be much point to EFS if it were vulnerable.)

If you hadn't actually encrypted the data files (and marking a folder
private is something completely different from encryption), you may be
facing nothing more than a simple permissions issue. Have you tried
taking ownership of the old folders?

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421



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[Pablo Cesar]

You are the "VERY SPECIAL PERSON OF THE DAY" ... or i can say also that you
are "MY HERO"....or may be i can say you are the "MVP OF THE YEAR"...


THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS....AND THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i almost forgot it...i wanna say...THANK
YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

Pablo Cesar....the most happy man on earth...at least for today...

"Bruce Chambers" > escribió en el mensaje
...
> Pablo Cesar wrote:
> > People...i beg for help!!!
> >
> > I have a disk with an installation of windows xp that belongs to a
machine
> > that is not working anymore, so i buy a new machine, installed windows
xp
> > and try to acces the information under my user in C:\Documents and
> > Settings\MyUserName but i get "access denied"...i thing this is due i
marked
> > this folder as private when i was using that Windows....i tried to boot
from
> > the old thisk in the new machine but i cann't do it, i only get blue
screens
> > telling me that something failled....what can i do? the information
there is
> > vital for me.
> >
> >
>
>
> Is the data actually encrypted, as your subject line suggests? If so,
> and if the your encryption certificates and keys were not backed up
> before placing the hard drive in the new computer, and the workstation
> isn't part of a domain, those files are gone, for all practical
> purposes. Encryption works well and there is no "back door" or hack to
> access the files. (Wouldn't be much point to EFS if it were vulnerable.)
>
> If you hadn't actually encrypted the data files (and marking a folder
> private is something completely different from encryption), you may be
> facing nothing more than a simple permissions issue. Have you tried
> taking ownership of the old folders?
>
> HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in WinXP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308421
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of
> chains and slavery? .... I know not what course others may take, but as
> for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry

[Bruce Chambers]

Pablo Cesar wrote:
> You are the "VERY SPECIAL PERSON OF THE DAY" ... or i can say also that you
> are "MY HERO"....or may be i can say you are the "MVP OF THE YEAR"...
>
>
> THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS....AND THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> i almost forgot it...i wanna say...THANK
> YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
>
> Pablo Cesar....the most happy man on earth...at least for today...
>


You're welcome.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of
chains and slavery? .... I know not what course others may take, but as
for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry