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Paul Jenkins
Here's the scenario:
I logged on to my old laptop using my domain logon and backed up all files.
The laptop was running W2K SP4. I backed the files my desktop PC on our
corporate network using Windows Backup. I reformated the old laptop. I
restored all of the files from the laptop's My Documents to a \RESTORE
folder on the desktop PC where they were backed up to. One folder, called
\personal, was encrypted on the old laptop using EFS, and it restored to the
desktop PC as an encrypted folder. So far, so good. However, when I try to
open any of the files, when logged to the desktop PC as the same domain user
that encrypted the folder in the first place, I get an access denied
messaage. When I try to unencrypt any of the files I get "an error occurred
when applying attibutes to the file" and "access denied" error message.
EFSINFO confirms that the my domain user account was used to encrypt the
original files, but yet that user cannot unencrypt the file! Very bizarre,
yes? Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can recover the files? I don't
have the private key from the original laptop because I didn't back that up,
and I can't use the administrator account from that laptop either because
the laptop has been reformated. Any assistance would be appreciated.
PJ
I logged on to my old laptop using my domain logon and backed up all files.
The laptop was running W2K SP4. I backed the files my desktop PC on our
corporate network using Windows Backup. I reformated the old laptop. I
restored all of the files from the laptop's My Documents to a \RESTORE
folder on the desktop PC where they were backed up to. One folder, called
\personal, was encrypted on the old laptop using EFS, and it restored to the
desktop PC as an encrypted folder. So far, so good. However, when I try to
open any of the files, when logged to the desktop PC as the same domain user
that encrypted the folder in the first place, I get an access denied
messaage. When I try to unencrypt any of the files I get "an error occurred
when applying attibutes to the file" and "access denied" error message.
EFSINFO confirms that the my domain user account was used to encrypt the
original files, but yet that user cannot unencrypt the file! Very bizarre,
yes? Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can recover the files? I don't
have the private key from the original laptop because I didn't back that up,
and I can't use the administrator account from that laptop either because
the laptop has been reformated. Any assistance would be appreciated.
PJ