PAGA
07-10-2005, 03:10 AM
Scott,
Just found this message -- thanks for your help.
PAGA
Sydney
PS: EFS was an MS acronym I found and used in the Help files, (Encrypted
File System?), but I guess it's not a common one.
"Scott M." wrote:
> Can you access the folder? Can you see the files in the folder?
>
> If so, just create a new folder and move the files into it.
>
> By the way, I think you mean NTFS, not EFS.
>
>
> "PAGA" <PAGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A2A12B22-330C-4911-B092-E5F1F07DCD3F@microsoft.com...
> > Before formatting my hard drive, thank god I remembered to backup and
> > decrypt
> > my one and only folder and sub-folders containing EFS-encrypted files.
> >
> > When I copied these formerly encrypted, but now decrypted files back to
> > the
> > newly formatted hard drive, I noticed that the "Current Owner" is now a
> > mystery number: S-1-5-21-(9 digits)-(9 digits)- (10 digits)-1003.
> >
> > Who, or what is this new current owner?
> >
> > Is it safe to claim ownership of these files in my own name, from the top
> > folder only, or could some residual EFS function turn my previously
> > decrypted
> > files to gibberish later, when I least expect it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > PAGA
> >
> >
>
>
>
Just found this message -- thanks for your help.
PAGA
Sydney
PS: EFS was an MS acronym I found and used in the Help files, (Encrypted
File System?), but I guess it's not a common one.
"Scott M." wrote:
> Can you access the folder? Can you see the files in the folder?
>
> If so, just create a new folder and move the files into it.
>
> By the way, I think you mean NTFS, not EFS.
>
>
> "PAGA" <PAGA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A2A12B22-330C-4911-B092-E5F1F07DCD3F@microsoft.com...
> > Before formatting my hard drive, thank god I remembered to backup and
> > decrypt
> > my one and only folder and sub-folders containing EFS-encrypted files.
> >
> > When I copied these formerly encrypted, but now decrypted files back to
> > the
> > newly formatted hard drive, I noticed that the "Current Owner" is now a
> > mystery number: S-1-5-21-(9 digits)-(9 digits)- (10 digits)-1003.
> >
> > Who, or what is this new current owner?
> >
> > Is it safe to claim ownership of these files in my own name, from the top
> > folder only, or could some residual EFS function turn my previously
> > decrypted
> > files to gibberish later, when I least expect it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > PAGA
> >
> >
>
>
>