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I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

I might be wrong here, but I think you can't regain those encrypted files unless export your credential/certificate file before the upgrade.
"JuanPabloGallardo" wrote:

I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

Yeh - once a file/folder is encrypted with a "key" (or certificate), it's 99.9999% that you won't crack it without the original certificate. That's basically 1 in 5 billion people who can crack such ciphers... just do yourself a break and don't bother with it :o(
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I might be wrong here, but I think you can't regain those encrypted files unless export your credential/certificate file before the upgrade.
"JuanPabloGallardo" wrote:
I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

I had the same problem all i had to do though was take ownership in the security settings for the folders your trying to access it was a long process going through every folder but I am now able to access everything on my e drive
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:

Yeh - once a file/folder is encrypted with a "key" (or certificate), it's 99.9999% that you won't crack it without the original certificate. That's basically 1 in 5 billion people who can crack such ciphers... just do yourself a break and don't bother with it :o(
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Phong" wrote in message I might be wrong here, but I think you can't regain those encrypted files unless export your credential/certificate file before the upgrade.
"JuanPabloGallardo" wrote:
I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

Is that really possible? Could you please detail the steps you took? I couldn't repro it.
Just to confirm, are you saying that if you encrypt a file with user A, then you'll be able to decrypt the file with another user (without the original certificate)? Taking ownership of the file shouldn't yield the same or original certificate.
Thanks,
"heathersgoinnuts" wrote:

I had the same problem all i had to do though was take ownership in the security settings for the folders your trying to access it was a long process going through every folder but I am now able to access everything on my e drive
"Zack Whittaker" wrote:
Yeh - once a file/folder is encrypted with a "key" (or certificate), it's 99.9999% that you won't crack it without the original certificate. That's basically 1 in 5 billion people who can crack such ciphers... just do yourself a break and don't bother with it :o(
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Phong" wrote in message I might be wrong here, but I think you can't regain those encrypted files unless export your credential/certificate file before the upgrade.
"JuanPabloGallardo" wrote:
I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

I had windows xp on c: and my docs in d: I intalled vista on c: and now i can not acces my documents on d: becuase I have them encrypted with my old windows xp. Now, when i try to load the old windows xp, it hangs up in the boot process. the xp installation is still in folder windows.old how can i start xp again to regain access to my documents???? please help

Hi Buddy,
Thanks for the help. I wonder, how can I use a converter NTFS to Fat32? I remember winxp used to have such a similar utility, but im not sure vista has one.
Thanks for the help
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"Laszlo Dobos" wrote:

hi friend.
you made a mistake!:( vista uses another version ntfs, so perhaps it caused the problem. i think your only solution to convert d: to fat32, because it can't treat user rights.
does it work? ps: rate this reply pls.
-- Best Regards, Laszlo Dobos

Hi,
Is there any utility to do that?
Thanks
JPG
"Laszlo Dobos" wrote:

hi friend.
you made a mistake!:( vista uses another version ntfs, so perhaps it caused the problem. i think your only solution to convert d: to fat32, because it can't treat user rights.
does it work? ps: rate this reply pls.
-- Best Regards, Laszlo Dobos

Hi,
Is there any utility to do that?
Thanks
JPG
"Laszlo Dobos" wrote:

hi friend.
you made a mistake!:( vista uses another version ntfs, so perhaps it caused the problem. i think your only solution to convert d: to fat32, because it can't treat user rights.
does it work? ps: rate this reply pls.
-- Best Regards, Laszlo Dobos

JuanPabloGallardo wrote:

Hi Buddy,
Thanks for the help. I wonder, how can I use a converter NTFS to Fat32? I remember winxp used to have such a similar utility, but im not sure vista has one.

There are two ways to convert from NTFS to FAT32: Either format the partition, or use a 3rd party partitioning utility, such as Partition Magic, if you can find one that's Vista-compatible.
I shouldn't bother, though, as Vista's NTFS isn't very different from WinXP's NTFS; there are no compatibility issues.
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hi friend.
you made a mistake!:( vista uses another version ntfs, so perhaps it caused the problem. i think your only solution to convert d: to fat32, because it can't treat user rights.
does it work? ps: rate this reply pls.
-- Best Regards, Laszlo Dobos