Encypted file in XP pro

[James Knighton]

Hello i have some encypted files in XP and i have recently
formatted my PC. So now when i try and remove the
encyption is says 'access denied'

Any ideas?

Thanks,
James

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Hello i have some encypted files in XP and i have recently
formatted my PC. So now when i try and remove the
encyption is says 'access denied'

Hi

Take a look at this site:

http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/

 

[David]

Hello i have some encypted files in XP and i have recently
formatted my PC. So now when i try and remove the
encyption is says 'access denied'

Any ideas?

Thanks,
James

Yes. Read the Help & Support files on Encryption BEFORE you encrypt
anything. If you had, You would know that you should have create a
Recovery Agent disk in case something like this happened.

EFS is doing its job. Keeping un-authorized users from accessing your
files. Since you no longer have a valid key, you are not an authorized
users. If EFS were easy to crack. It would be worthless.

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[Guest]

Hi,

Yes you need to be logged on as an administator and select
the file and take ownership, then remove the old sid.

 

[Drew Cooper [MSFT]]

That won't work. Torgeir's suggestion will work if the original user
profile still exists. If the drive was formatted and clean-installed, the
data is lost.