File Encryption

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I was using a trial version of Win XP Pro, the trial expired and so did my ability to log onto my account. I have since purchased XP Home Edition and a new hard drive at it was time for both. I made the old hard drive that had the trial version of XP Pro the slave drive and installed the new with XP Home Edition all works well, except I cannot gain access to the Folder(s)/Files that were encrypted under my user account. I have tried inheriting rights (Files) by loggin in as (Administrator) and going through properties on the specific folders and files in question. The weired thing is that every time I complete the process and re-boot, and then go to my new account and locate the drive and folder, sometimes it will display the (My Documents) folder under my old account and sometimes it just displays all other folders with no (My Documents) folder, but in going through (Application Data) folder I can see the files and folders but still cannot access, copy or move to the new drive???

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XP home doesn't handle encryption--that is a feature of XP pro.
The bad news is even if you had XP pro you cannot recover the files unless
you exported the encryption key.

NTFS encryption is nothing to play with casually--if you lose the key,you
lose the file. There is no recovery unless you backed up the key or assigned
another user on the network as the recovery agent.

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone -
 
Thanks "Larry" , well all is not lost. I do have a back up that is about (30)+ days old but something is better than nothing. So this business of taking ownership will not work either way? (XP Pro or Home Edition) I realize that the encryptiing feature is not an element of Home Edition, but if I can still see the files on that other drive doesn't that theorectically mean that they are recoverable

----- Larry Samuels wrote: ----

XP home doesn't handle encryption--that is a feature of XP pro
The bad news is even if you had XP pro you cannot recover the files unless
you exported the encryption key

NTFS encryption is nothing to play with casually--if you lose the key,you
lose the file. There is no recovery unless you backed up the key or assigned
another user on the network as the recovery agent

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User
Associate Exper
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 a
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.ht
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzon
 
Chris;
Is the old hard drive intact?
If so, reconfigure as Master again and boot to Safe Mode on the old
hard drive.
From Safe Mode, you should be able to decrypt the data.
Reboot tapping F8 each second.
Select Safe Mode at the menu.
Log in as the user that encrypted the data.

Also see this link about EFS:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Encrypt.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


Chris L said:
Thanks "Larry" , well all is not lost. I do have a back up that is
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about (30)+ days old but something is better than nothing. So this
business of taking ownership will not work either way? (XP Pro or Home
Edition) I realize that the encryptiing feature is not an element of
Home Edition, but if I can still see the files on that other drive
doesn't that theorectically mean that they are recoverable?
 
Is booting into safe mode possible on a trial version of an OS that has expired? Hey I'll try anything at this pint!
 
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