I'm not sure if there is actually a solution to this problem, but I figure it's worth asking.
So I moved files from a PC with Windows XP onto an external harddrive, this computer has since been formatted and pawned. Now the files are encrypted with no site of EFS or NTFS keys of any sort(I've been looking around for what's wrong with the files but I'm unfamiliar with the terms and how it works.) When trying to move the files onto my laptop (Vista) it says I do not have administrator privledges and cannot move them. I tried this with User Account Control on and off, I tried unchecking the "read only" property, I tried changing the security settings so I had full control, but it constantly goes back to "read only" The files won't open, delete, move, anything. The file name is also in green...I'm not sure what that means.
That's the situation so my question is: Does anyone have any idea if there is a way to decrypt files without the EFS/NTFS/keys etc?
Thanks
PS ElcomSoft's "Advanced EFS Data Recovery" program did not find any keys in ANY of the drives either on my computer or the external drive.
So I moved files from a PC with Windows XP onto an external harddrive, this computer has since been formatted and pawned. Now the files are encrypted with no site of EFS or NTFS keys of any sort(I've been looking around for what's wrong with the files but I'm unfamiliar with the terms and how it works.) When trying to move the files onto my laptop (Vista) it says I do not have administrator privledges and cannot move them. I tried this with User Account Control on and off, I tried unchecking the "read only" property, I tried changing the security settings so I had full control, but it constantly goes back to "read only" The files won't open, delete, move, anything. The file name is also in green...I'm not sure what that means.
That's the situation so my question is: Does anyone have any idea if there is a way to decrypt files without the EFS/NTFS/keys etc?
Thanks
PS ElcomSoft's "Advanced EFS Data Recovery" program did not find any keys in ANY of the drives either on my computer or the external drive.
