Why I can't access my own files?

[Tony]

Hi,

I met a very irratating problem: I transfer all my
files from my C drive to D drive under a win2000 system,
then I formatted the C drive and installed a XPpro
system. However, when I open the D drive, very
surprisingly, I can't open some files because of "Access
denied". I tried to take the ownership and gave all
permissions to them, but useless. Someone told me that is
caused by EFS. I can't restore the files forever! Most of
the files were once in my desktop under win2000 OS. One
thing I don't understand is why some files in this folder
readable while others not accessible?

Can anyone help me? Thanks!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Tony;
Are you NTFS?
Is Simple File Sharing disabled?
Then try Take Ownership again:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421&

Are the files encrypted?
If the files are encrypted.
If you did not back-up the encryption key or the Recovery Agent and
are not on a domain, the files are as good as gone.
This must be accomplished while you have access to the files.
If you have not already done so, it is now to late.

If you can restore the original profile (not recreate) you may be able
to recover the data.
Recreating profiles and passwords is irrelevant.
Contact Microsoft if you can restore the profile.
Or:
http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/index.php

EFS is very good at what it does and there is no back door.
Read and understand these links before using EFS to keep from
permanently losing your data:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/recovery/default.asp
(58 pages)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=223316

 

[Tony]

Hi, Jupiter

Thank you very much for your immediate replies!
My harddisk is NTFS.
"If you did not back-up the encryption key or the
Recovery Agent and
are not on a domain, the files are as good as gone."

No, I didn't backup anything about the files, but I am
on a domain all the time, and the account is also
unchanged. Is it possible to restore the files?

 

[Tony]

Hi,

I tried to add in my domain account( once can access
the files) to share the access as you suggested, but it
shows "No appropriate certificates corresponding to the
selected user." What else can I do?

Thanks!