recovering encrypted folder

[Atomicboy22]

I recently removed my master hdd, and put in 2 new ones with a raid 0 set up. I hooked the old drive up to another computer, where it will be from now on, and tried transferring over the files I had there that I wanted to keep to the new drive (via home network), however I realized that one of my folders was encrypted, which I don't have access to anymore. I was wondering if there is anyway to recover this, or crack it. I could hook it back up to my other computer and possibly recover (as I haven't deleted the os on it yet) but the problem is that I would have to disconnect the raid 0 config, and I have heard that even small bios changes can effect the array, and I have just spent days reconfiguring windows to what I want again on it, and backing up other files, and I don't want to transfer it all off again to back it up again just in case it fails.

Is there anyway I can somehow get permission to use these files again? Or is the xp encryption app too soild to recover from without a key or whatever?

 

[wolluf]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308993&Product=winxp

I think you'll need to boot XP on old drive to get data back (why is there a problem - surely you just need to make a note of current 'RAID' settings, set it up for single master, get folders off, then reapply 'RAID' settings...)

 

[Atomicboy22]

That's my point though, is that ok to do? It's very important that I don't lose the array, as I have just backed up everything onto it, and that is now the only place where I have that info.

I just need to know if I disconnect the rtaid 0 array, and hook up the old drive as primary, since the bios will see a new config each time, when I hook ther raid array back up, will it be seen exactly the same, with no problems whatsoever (guarenteed!) and proceed from there. I have heard raid is tempermental with bios changes, even the smallest ones, but this is my first time setting up raid, so I have no idea.

 

[bcastner]

If you did not export the Security Certificate prior to the drive move, then I vote with wolluf, you will need to temporarily setup the drive as the boot system device again.

One MS KB article that may help:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290260