I recently suffered a corrupted WIN XP.
I installed XP onto a 2nd drive using the same logons/password/permissions ect.
The problem is that the folders that were encrypted and/or password protected are now locked out.
Any ideas please.
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When encrypted originally
it would have informed you to BACKUP the encryption key and put it in a safe place.
The only thing to do from here is to find the key, or call the data lost
The only thing to do from here is to find the key, or call the data lost
4th Feb 2009
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And when you locate the Recovery Key
Follow the directions here to remount the Encryption Key
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887414/en-us
While it shouldn't be necessary you may be required to Take ownership of the Files & Folders so the directions for that is located here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
If you didn't backup the Recovery Agent as per M$ Directions when you Encrypted the Data it's gone as that is exactly what you wanted to happen. No Unauthorized Person to be able to access it and anyone without the Encryption Key is an Unauthorized person.
Col
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887414/en-us
While it shouldn't be necessary you may be required to Take ownership of the Files & Folders so the directions for that is located here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421
If you didn't backup the Recovery Agent as per M$ Directions when you Encrypted the Data it's gone as that is exactly what you wanted to happen. No Unauthorized Person to be able to access it and anyone without the Encryption Key is an Unauthorized person.
Col
4th Feb 2009
