recover EFS files ??? (revised)

**Brink** · 11-14-2007

	Quote:	mike
	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 ??? i DO have the encryption key for those files on usb flash drive. thanks, mike.

Hi Mike,

You will need to Import those EFS Certificate encryption keys to your computer first, then you should be able to access the encrypted files. This tutorial will show you how.

Encrypted File System (EFS) Certificate Restore

Shawn

P.S.
Your time is incorrect. You are posting from the future.

11-14-2007

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 ???
i DO have the encryption key for those files on usb flash drive.

thanks,
mike.

**Brink** · 11-15-2007

	Quote:	mike
	thanks so much !!! ------------------------------- "brink" <brink.301iki@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:brink.301iki@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Hi Mike, > > You will need to Import those EFS Certificate encryption keys to your > computer first, then you should be able to access the encrypted files. > This tutorial will show you how. > > Encrypted File System (EFS) Certificate Restore > > Shawn > > P.S. > Your time is incorrect. You are posting from the future.

Your welcome Mike.

Shawn

11-15-2007

thanks so much !!!

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> mike;513434 Wrote:

	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 >> ??? >> i DO have the encryption key for those files on usb flash drive. >> >> thanks, >> mike.

>
> Hi Mike,
>
> You will need to Import those EFS Certificate encryption keys to your
> computer first, then you should be able to access the encrypted files.
> This tutorial will show you how.
>
> Encrypted File System (EFS) Certificate Restore
>
> Shawn
>
> P.S.
> Your time is incorrect. You are posting from the future.

>
>
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> brink
>
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11-14-2007	#2 (permalink)
mike Guest	recover EFS files ??? (revised) 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 ??? i DO have the encryption key for those files on usb flash drive. thanks, mike.

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