EFS issue

[Rick S. Martin]

Hiya all

A friend of mine encrypted (you know, right click, advanced, enctypt) a folder full of
photos under win XP on a non-system disk.
It was an older computer, so she had recently sold it to a friend, the
data drive she kept for herself.

The data hard drive is now used as an external drive and she cant
access the photos folder photos!

Is there a way to get those photos back? I mean, some software or any
professional service perhaps?

I ran a search, but came out empty handed...

rick

 

[Rod Speed]

A friend of mine encrypted (you know, right click, advanced, enctypt)
a folder full of photos under win XP on a non-system disk.

It was an older computer, so she had recently sold
it to a friend, the data drive she kept for herself.

The data hard drive is now used as an external drive
and she cant access the photos folder photos!

Thats how its meant to work.

Is there a way to get those photos back?

It may be feasible to put the drive back into the system
it was used in, and decrypt the folder, and then take the
drive out of that system again. That obviously depends on
whether XP has been reinstalled on that old system etc tho.

I mean, some software

That would have a problem with the fact that the key is still on
the old system, or has gone forever if its had XP reinstalled etc.

or any professional service perhaps?

I doubt it, its a pretty secure encryption.

 

[Rick S. Martin]

Thats how its meant to work.

Yes, I think she got that now.

It may be feasible to put the drive back into the system
it was used in, and decrypt the folder, and then take the
drive out of that system again. That obviously depends on
whether XP has been reinstalled on that old system etc tho.

That would have a problem with the fact that the key is still on
the old system, or has gone forever if its had XP reinstalled etc.

I doubt it, its a pretty secure encryption.

Yes, thank you.
I got the same reply at MS.public ng.