Data Recovery Vista
Unable to access my own data, which folder in vista does the EFS key reside in?
Basically I encrypted some files on vista ages ago, backed up my data on an external hard drive installed windows 7 and forgot to backup the EFS Key, now it won’t allow me to view or transfer files.
I was hoping that I could you data recovery software to maybe recover some of my windows folders before i installed windows 7 and find the key and transfer it onto my current windows session, is this possible?
Not too sure on this but I think your only chance would be to reinstall vista (same version) creating a profile with the same name and password as you had before.
If the encryption uses your password to create the key then you’ll be fine. If it combiens your password and your SID number then your screwed as a new SID is generated on reinstallation.
Good luck and don’t encrypt in future!
Windows Vista Data Recovery