waf Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 My Windows 2000 installation went down recently. I had some files which I had encrypted on the old OS.After reinstalling, I cannot be able to open the files even with the same user name. I am at my wits end. Howcan I recover my files? Urgent help required, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Will this help you.http://www.brienposey.com/kb/recovering_encrypted_data.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb2001 Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 this would actually be considered a hack, so i wouldn't aprove in doing or saying anything about this to be honest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waf Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 this would actually be considered a hack, so i wouldn't aprove in doing or saying anything about this to be honest!In this situation, I hope you can make an exception. I really need to recover this data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waf Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Will this help you.http://www.brienposey.com/kb/recovering_encrypted_data.aspI've gone through it and I'll try what the author suggests. On first glance, it seems that this method works only if there was no OS failure/reinstallation issues. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 The method described above is for a Windows 2000 Professional Computer on a Domain Controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waf Posted May 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 I tried out what the article said, and i hit a brick wall. Please, if you know a way to get around this, let me know.I have seen some commercial apps out there that claim to decrypt EFS files, but for $99 its a bit too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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