Safe to change mystery 'Current Owner' after decryption?

[Guest]

Before formatting my hard drive, thank god I remembered to backup and decrypt
my one and only folder and sub-folders containing EFS-encrypted files.

When I copied these formerly encrypted, but now decrypted files back to the
newly formatted hard drive, I noticed that the "Current Owner" is now a
mystery number: S-1-5-21-(9 digits)-(9 digits)- (10 digits)-1003.

Who, or what is this new current owner?

Is it safe to claim ownership of these files in my own name, from the top
folder only, or could some residual EFS function turn my previously decrypted
files to gibberish later, when I least expect it?

Thanks,

PAGA

 

[Scott M.]

Can you access the folder? Can you see the files in the folder?

If so, just create a new folder and move the files into it.

By the way, I think you mean NTFS, not EFS.

 

[Guest]

Scott,

Just found this message -- thanks for your help.

PAGA
Sydney

PS: EFS was an MS acronym I found and used in the Help files, (Encrypted
File System?), but I guess it's not a common one.

 

[Scott M.]

Hope you got your problem solved. EFS is a generic term, whereas NTFS (The
NT File System) is the actual EFS you are using.