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You had to backup/export the user's EFS certificates.<br />
Do you have the full backup of both drives on carbonite that you can restore onto the system?<br />
I think this is your only option.
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You had to backup/export the user's EFS certificates.
Do you have the full backup of both drives on carbonite that you can restore onto the system?
I think this is your only option.

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AEFSDR is an excellent tool, but requires the original EFS certificate, which is stored in the user's profile. unless you have access to that profile, your files are not going to be recoverable.
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AEFSDR is an excellent tool, but requires the original EFS certificate, which is stored in the user's profile. unless you have access to that profile, your files are not going to be recoverable.

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I have found a possible solution at <a href="http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/" rel="ugc">http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/</a>&nbsp;but I am having difficulty in understanding all of the steps. In your opinion is this a viable solution since I do have the required folders with files as restored by Carbonite ?
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I have found a possible solution at http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/ [http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/efsrecovery/] but I am having difficulty in understanding all of the steps. In your opinion is this a viable solution since I do have the required folders with files as restored by Carbonite ?

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Have a laptop with 2 80 GB disk drives. Had to replace both drives and reinstall XP MCE. Had all user files backed up with Carbonite and recovered all my files to corresponding drive.Restored was user documents crypto folders which have different user numbers and machine codes. Tried using Elcomsoft AEFSDR full with all remembered passwords with no luck.<br />
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I have winhex so can get to $efs records.<br />
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I sure would like to unencrypt my 10000+ files
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Have a laptop with 2 80 GB disk drives. Had to replace both drives and reinstall XP MCE. Had all user files backed up with Carbonite and recovered all my files to corresponding drive.Restored was user documents crypto folders which have different user numbers and machine codes. Tried using Elcomsoft AEFSDR full with all remembered passwords with no luck.

I have winhex so can get to $efs records.

I sure would like to unencrypt my 10000+ files

EFS file decrypting

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OS Security

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