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 Guest	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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