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EFS data recovery
Hello everybody, I stored some my important data in an encrypted text
file. Two months ago I gave my PC to my mother and just got a new pc for me. Before I gave my pc I copied all my data to another HD. What happened is that my encrypted folder also remained encrypted on the other HD and now I can't read the files. So... the only way is to get that certificate from my pc that was used for encryption. But I'm not sure if I reinstalled windows on my pc before I gave it to my mother. If I didn't then it'll be easy to recover that certificates. But in case if I reformatted my hd the only possibility is that I can somehow extract that certificates from the local copy of the data that I have. Basically, I have copied that user folder located in C:\Document and Settings\my_user_name". How can I recover the certificate files from that what I have, are they located in user folder? thanks |
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EFS data recovery
Also... it would be easy to visit my mother and check if I can get
correct certificates from my pc, but she lives on the other part of the globe, she is computer illiterate and she doesn't have internet access so, it's kind of difficult to get access to my old pc now. Only when I go visit her on summer vacations... |
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EFS data recovery
__PPS__ wrote: Hello everybody, I stored some my important data in an encrypted text file. Two months ago I gave my PC to my mother and just got a new pc for me. Before I gave my pc I copied all my data to another HD. What happened is that my encrypted folder also remained encrypted on the other HD and now I can't read the files. So... the only way is to get that certificate from my pc that was used for encryption. But I'm not sure if I reinstalled windows on my pc before I gave it to my mother. If I didn't then it'll be easy to recover that certificates. But in case if I reformatted my hd the only possibility is that I can somehow extract that certificates from the local copy of the data that I have. Basically, I have copied that user folder located in C:\Document and Settings\my_user_name". How can I recover the certificate files from that what I have, are they located in user folder? thanks Basically no key/certificate=no recovery The Encrypting File System http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...hyetc/efs.mspx Best practices for the Encrypting File System http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316/en-us How to back up the recovery agent Encrypting File System (EFS) private key in Windows Server 2003, in Windows 2000, and in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241201 How To Encrypt a Folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308989 How To Remove File Encryption in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308993 How To Encrypt a File in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307877 |
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