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An encrypted file system, EFS, is created when someone locks their data on a hard drive and needs to enter a certain key in order to get to the files. This type of encryption is also used on NTFS, new technology file system, drives. So what happens if your hard drive was to fail and you could not get to your data? Even if a hard drive failure occurs your data is still secured under the encrypted key. Reformatting a hard drive and reinstalling an operating system will NOT override this key. If this key is not entered you will not be retrieving your data files. So just how to recover encrypted NTFS disks if they are corrupted or data lost? Well, here are a few things that won't work if you were to have a motherboard or Windows failure before decrypting the data files: using the recovery console, using bootable Windows disks, changing ownership and permissions and using Linux will not access the encrypted files. What can help is to download commercial software that is created for the purpose of EFS and NTFS disk recovery. Doing a search online will provide you with a list of freeware and software that costs. Many times there is a trial period. This trial period will may be all you need to recovery your encrypted NSFS disks. Due to the high technology invested in disk encryption some of the best software around will be limited. Using this software will still be limited to you having to know the encryption key and to having administrative permissions. Without these two items the NTFS disk recovery cannot be performed no matter how good the software is. How else is the software limited? If the user's access rights are set to invisible it won't work. Also it will not work on FAT partitions; all recoverable drives must be copied to NTFS partitions. Due to the cost of losing data, it is recommended to encrypt at the file level; one file at a time. Then, if anything happens, ALL your data may not become lost. Be careful and think hard before encrypting your hard drive. It may sound good at the time yet if HDD failure occurs then an EFS recovery or encrypted NTFS disk recovery will needed to be performed; this will only be an option IF you remember the encryption key you are given at the time. If not, your files will be gone forever. Are you looking for more information regarding NTFS disk? Visit http://www.bestshareware.net/howto/recover-encrypted-file-on-ntfs-drive.htm today!
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