Encrypted Files

[Guest]

Got a question I could use some help with, if I'm not beyond help

I encrypted some files on my hard drive, and then copied them to another hard drive as "backup"

I exported out a .pfx file of the security certificate and security key, but I managed to encrypt them

I can't seem to find a way to import that .pfx certificate and key into the certificates so that I can unencrypt the files I had previously unencrypted

Am I doomed or is there hope? I know the password I used when I created the encryption key, if that's useful

Thanks
Dave

 

[Dave Schultz]

Oh yeah, the thing I forgot to mention is that I
reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows after
encrypting the original key.

-----Original Message-----
Got a question I could use some help with, if I'm not beyond help.

I encrypted some files on my hard drive, and then copied

them to another hard drive as "backup".

I exported out a .pfx file of the security certificate

and security key, but I managed to encrypt them.

I can't seem to find a way to import that .pfx

certificate and key into the certificates so that I can
unencrypt the files I had previously unencrypted.

Am I doomed or is there hope? I know the password I used

when I created the encryption key, if that's useful.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

This should help

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;223316

Regards,

Tim

-----Original Message-----
Got a question I could use some help with, if I'm not beyond help.

I encrypted some files on my hard drive, and then copied

them to another hard drive as "backup".

I exported out a .pfx file of the security certificate

and security key, but I managed to encrypt them.

I can't seem to find a way to import that .pfx

certificate and key into the certificates so that I can
unencrypt the files I had previously unencrypted.

Am I doomed or is there hope? I know the password I used

when I created the encryption key, if that's useful.

 

[Drew Cooper [MSFT]]

If you encrypted the .pfx, you're out of luck.

 

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

Sort of a catch-22 on the encrypted .pfx
What happened to the original system ? Or is it that you removed the key
when you exported the .pfx ?

Got a question I could use some help with, if I'm not beyond help.

I encrypted some files on my hard drive, and then copied them to another hard drive as "backup".

I exported out a .pfx file of the security certificate and security key, but I managed to encrypt them.

I can't seem to find a way to import that .pfx certificate and key into

the certificates so that I can unencrypt the files I had previously
unencrypted.

Am I doomed or is there hope? I know the password I used when I created

the encryption key, if that's useful.