Thumper

WAIT DONT WORRY ole uncle Thumper is here to help u with ya little EFS problem I have a clients PC which has had a new copy of Windows XP Pro installed over the top of an existing install whiched killed all the EFS keys because they didn't do a Windows repair, they did a new install .... very bad maynover if you don't have a backup of your keys Well time to get to business with my workaround for EFS... Method: 1. I attached a small HDD (6.4GB) that I had lying around as Master and removed the NTFS drive so the Windows ME install would not have any probs with it (just in case) 2. I installed Windows ME on to the 6.4GB drive, without sound, video, modem, usb or any other peripherals (care anyways, didn't need em) When finished I then attached the NTFS drive as slave. 3 I installed NTFS Reader for Windows 95, 98, Me Ver 1.1 "NTFS_Reader_Setup.exe" D/L here NTFS READER 4. Now I can use NTFS Reader to browse the through the NTFS EFS files and save them to my Win9x drive and OMFG it’s all back Yes it is a lot of trouble to go to (1 hr to install WinME) but ask yourself this ... how much do you need your data. Hope this helps btw ppl it's my 1st post here ... don't expect to many as i am basically lazy