- Decryption of files and folders
- Posted by Krishna on July 2nd, 2008
Hi,
My HDD partition is C: and D:. I have my data files in D:\. in order to
protect my data i had applied encrytion to all the folders and files in this
drive. recently my C: was formatted and Win XP was reinstalled...my D:\ was
not formatted...
Now i'm not able to open, view or worse even copy these files in D:\ i tried
removing the encryption by it displays a error message that "error in
applying attributes"
Can any one please let me know on how to decrypt the files and folders in
D:\ please help as i have valuable data in my D:|
- Posted by Twayne on July 2nd, 2008
You can't do it unless you made your keys disk which has the needed keys
on it. When you reinstalled the os, all the keys changed; as though
your data had been taken to another computer - which is exactly what it
was designed to protect against. Without the keys, you won't get your
data back.
Sorry,
Twayne
- Posted by GreenieLeBrun on July 3rd, 2008
Krishna wrote:
If you did not back up your recovery agent and private key your data is gone
for good.
How to remove file or folder encryption in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993/en-us
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 Encrypt a File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307877
