Vista - recover EFS files ???

11-12-2007

hi,

vista ultimate

my vista drive no longer boots after i had to replace motherboard and ended
up with a new & different chipset. i have installed vista on a new drive and
am copying data from old drive. all is going well except for some files i
had encrypted with EFS. when trying to copy these, i am told i do not have
permission to access. drag & drop just gave me empty folders. any help ???

thanks,
mike.

11-12-2007

"mike" <mikeytj2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> hi,
>
> vista ultimate
>
> my vista drive no longer boots after i had to replace motherboard and
> ended up with a new & different chipset. i have installed vista on a new
> drive and am copying data from old drive. all is going well except for
> some files i had encrypted with EFS. when trying to copy these, i am told
> i do not have permission to access. drag & drop just gave me empty
> folders. any help ???
>
> thanks,
> mike.

Did you save your original encryption keys and any recovery keys you
generated (or was your machine and account a member of a domain)?
If not then you are unlikely to be able to recover these files.
EFS is a reasonably strong encryption solution and should not be used
without understanding the impact of its use and processes required to
recover.
--

Mike Brannigan

11-12-2007

yes, i have the encrytion key on usb flash drive

"Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> "mike" <mikeytj2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4DF74C79-FE1D-4A1D-BA1B-23E7EB99ACB9@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> hi,
>>
>> vista ultimate
>>
>> my vista drive no longer boots after i had to replace motherboard and
>> ended up with a new & different chipset. i have installed vista on a new
>> drive and am copying data from old drive. all is going well except for
>> some files i had encrypted with EFS. when trying to copy these, i am told
>> i do not have permission to access. drag & drop just gave me empty
>> folders. any help ???
>>
>> thanks,
>> mike.

>
> Did you save your original encryption keys and any recovery keys you
> generated (or was your machine and account a member of a domain)?
> If not then you are unlikely to be able to recover these files.
> EFS is a reasonably strong encryption solution and should not be used
> without understanding the impact of its use and processes required to
> recover.
> --
>
> Mike Brannigan

11-12-2007	#1 (permalink)
mike n/a posts	recover EFS files ??? hi, vista ultimate my vista drive no longer boots after i had to replace motherboard and ended up with a new & different chipset. i have installed vista on a new drive and am copying data from old drive. all is going well except for some files i had encrypted with EFS. when trying to copy these, i am told i do not have permission to access. drag & drop just gave me empty folders. any help ??? thanks, mike.
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11-12-2007	#2 (permalink)
Mike Brannigan n/a posts	Re: recover EFS files ??? "mike" <mikeytj2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4DF74C79-FE1D-4A1D-BA1B-23E7EB99ACB9@xxxxxx Quote: > hi, > > vista ultimate > > my vista drive no longer boots after i had to replace motherboard and > ended up with a new & different chipset. i have installed vista on a new > drive and am copying data from old drive. all is going well except for > some files i had encrypted with EFS. when trying to copy these, i am told > i do not have permission to access. drag & drop just gave me empty > folders. any help ??? > > thanks, > mike. Did you save your original encryption keys and any recovery keys you generated (or was your machine and account a member of a domain)? If not then you are unlikely to be able to recover these files. EFS is a reasonably strong encryption solution and should not be used without understanding the impact of its use and processes required to recover. -- Mike Brannigan
My System Specs

11-12-2007	#3 (permalink)
mike n/a posts	Re: recover EFS files ??? yes, i have the encrytion key on usb flash drive "Mike Brannigan" <Mike.Brannigan@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7CEB650C-6AA8-4DA7-9651-A3C26B69A6E9@xxxxxx Quote: > "mike" <mikeytj2000@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:4DF74C79-FE1D-4A1D-BA1B-23E7EB99ACB9@xxxxxx Quote: >> hi, >> >> vista ultimate >> >> my vista drive no longer boots after i had to replace motherboard and >> ended up with a new & different chipset. i have installed vista on a new >> drive and am copying data from old drive. all is going well except for >> some files i had encrypted with EFS. when trying to copy these, i am told >> i do not have permission to access. drag & drop just gave me empty >> folders. any help ??? >> >> thanks, >> mike. > > Did you save your original encryption keys and any recovery keys you > generated (or was your machine and account a member of a domain)? > If not then you are unlikely to be able to recover these files. > EFS is a reasonably strong encryption solution and should not be used > without understanding the impact of its use and processes required to > recover. > -- > > Mike Brannigan
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