File Encryption

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I recently had some problems win my win2000 OS so I formatted the C drive and loaded winXP. What i forgot was that on my D drive I had encrypted some files under the old OS and now I am unable to view the files or move it to a Fat32 drive where the encryption would not work. The only thing i could do with the file is delete it. My question is there any way that I could remove the encryption from the files. I have no backup form the previous OS.
 
The files are most likely gone forever:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Encrypt.htm

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Rawle said:
I recently had some problems win my win2000 OS so I formatted the C
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drive and loaded winXP. What i forgot was that on my D drive I had
encrypted some files under the old OS and now I am unable to view the
files or move it to a Fat32 drive where the encryption would not work.
The only thing i could do with the file is delete it. My question is
there any way that I could remove the encryption from the files. I
have no backup form the previous OS.
 
I recently had some problems win my win2000 OS so I formatted the C
drive and loaded winXP. What i forgot was that on my D drive I had
encrypted some files under the old OS and now I am unable to view the
files or move it to a Fat32 drive where the encryption would not work.
The only thing i could do with the file is delete it. My question is
there any way that I could remove the encryption from the files. I
have no backup form the previous OS.
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"or move it to a Fat32 drive where the encryption would not work"

Encryption is not a mask. Moving your files to a Fat32 partition
would not help. The data is scrambled in accordence with the encryption
algorthym. If you don't have the original certificates or a recovery key
or a higher level Domain controller as a recovery agent, you're files or
lost.

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If you don't have the original certificates or a recovery key
or a higher level Domain controller as a recovery agent, you're files or
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lost.
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Not so, as long as you have the original username and password used to
encrypt them, and there hasn't been too much activity on the disk since you
lost access to them.

Download this (trial) commercial program, see if it can decrypt your files,
then buy it to actually decrypt them (if your files are worth the cost).

http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/otherms/efs/
(Despite the 'iffy' sounding name, this is a genuine commercial site)

Worked for me on over 1gb/1200 files, 'lost' in exactly the same
circumstances as above.
 
Why do you not mention the keys?
If you would read the data on the product you suggest, you will see
that the keys are also needed.
The keys are essential.

The OP has likely lost the keys.
Your information is misleading at best since you make no reference to
the keys.
 
If the keys are there, this program will find them. If he trials the program
and it can't find the keys, then I agree, he's lost his files. It'll cost
him nothing to find out.
 
The person you replied to said "If you don't have the original
certificates or a recovery key..."
Then you said "Not so, as long as you have the original username and
password used..."
Later you also say "If the keys are there, this program will find
them."
You clearly did not read the post.
The statement is true, not false as you mistakenly claimed.

You seem to be blindly saying "Not so" to posts just because there is
a tool (one of many) that you feel is unique.
The tool has limitations and if you would read the posts, you might
realize that.
Others refer to equivalent tools, if you read the posts, you would
have seen such.
 
Not so, as long as you have the original username and password used to
encrypt them, and there hasn't been too much activity on the disk
since you lost access to them.

Download this (trial) commercial program, see if it can decrypt your
files, then buy it to actually decrypt them (if your files are worth
the cost).

http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/otherms/efs/
(Despite the 'iffy' sounding name, this is a genuine commercial site)

Worked for me on over 1gb/1200 files, 'lost' in exactly the same
circumstances as above.
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He foraatted his C drive. Therefore, I'm forced to assume that he does
not have the original keys.

Please, If you had read my post. I said "If you don't have the original
certificates or a recovery key or a higher level Domain controller as a
recovery agent, you're files or are lost." Please notice the word "If"
at the beginning of the sentence.


Why do you keep posting this when it's obvious that the OP does not
have the keys???

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