Denied access to encrypted files on my old HD.

[Weston]

Hi,

My old laptop died, and I'm accessing the HD from my new computer. Now I
can't access a handful of files I think I encrypted a long time ago; can't
change the permissions, don't know how to import the key. Any suggestsions?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

If you used the EFS file encryption and did not perform a backup of the
encryption certificates, you may not be able to recover those files.

Best Practices for the Encrypting File System:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316

The following software can recover encrypted files.

Advanced EFS Data Recovery
http://www.elcomsoft.com/aefsdr.html