EFS Recovery & Knoppix

Hello,

I have a situation where a user encrypted files on a WXP Pro workstation. It was a desktop that was replaced with a laptop. The files were backed up to the server by the user then transfered to the laptop. Now he gets the dreaded message that the files can’t be accessed b/c he is not authorized. The desktop has already been re-imaged so extracting the EFS key is out of the question.

I have read that you can use Knoppix’s Live CD to access the files and make them usable. Is this true? If so, what is the process? (I have not used Linux enough to learn the ins & outs of it)

I greatly appreciate any & all suggestions!!!

Thanks!