EFS remover?

[kevin]

i had windows XP installed, but for an error i had to
reinstall XP. All my documents were encrypted and now i
have lost all my work and i want to know if there is any
way which i can remove the encryption and get my work
back?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

i had windows XP installed, but for an error i had to
reinstall XP. All my documents were encrypted and now i
have lost all my work and i want to know if there is any
way which i can remove the encryption and get my work
back?

Kevin

If you did not back up the EFS Private Key, I'm afraid you have lost that
data.

Best Practices for the Encrypting File System:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223316

Encrypting File System in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/CryptFS.asp?frame=true


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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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