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efs encrypted +lost key= tough luck?
Hello all,
I=B4ve encrypted some files with efs and now I=B4ve lost the key. I mean really lost the key, by reinstalling the OS (WinXP). According to the posts I=B4ve read, there are no way I can recover my files. My question: Is this true? Is there absolutely no way to recover my files? Thanks for any kind of hint or info. Best Regards, /Kid |
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efs encrypted +lost key= tough luck?
EFS is secure.
If you have no keys, your data is effectively gone for good. If there was aback door or some other easy way to recover the data, anyone could use that method and your data would not be secu http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/encrypt.htm -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ wrote in message ups.com... Hello all, I´ve encrypted some files with efs and now I´ve lost the key. I mean really lost the key, by reinstalling the OS (WinXP). According to the posts I´ve read, there are no way I can recover my files. My question: Is this true? Is there absolutely no way to recover my files? Thanks for any kind of hint or info. Best Regards, /Kid |
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efs encrypted +lost key= tough luck?
ha scritto nel messaggio ups.com... Hello all, I´ve encrypted some files with efs and now I´ve lost the key. Is there absolutely no way to recover my files? I don't know if it works...but many declare it does, so I guess you'll have to try it out by yourself... http://www.beginningtoseethelight.or...very/index.php Hope it does, Stefano |
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efs encrypted +lost key= tough luck?
Yes, that does work...IF you have the keys.
-- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "Stefano Ferrante" wrote in message ... I don't know if it works...but many declare it does, so I guess you'll have to try it out by yourself... http://www.beginningtoseethelight.or...very/index.php Hope it does, Stefano |
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efs encrypted +lost key= tough luck?
"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" ha scritto nel messaggio ... Yes, that does work...IF you have the keys. LOL I won't say I completely read it through, as I did not (maybe because I use a different way of encrypting my file)..but I thought the very last part of the writing could be of some help... Really impossible? Stefano |
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efs encrypted +lost key= tough luck?
Sad news, but thanks guys.
I guess I=B4ll have to wait for more powerfull computers. /Kid |
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