Vista Security on second HDD

[Capt Caveman]

having updated to Windows Vista X64 Ultimate, I used it to encrypt my

secondary drive, unfortunately due to a couple of problems with the install

I've had to roll back to Windows XP Pro, is there any way to retrieve all the

info on the second drive or do I need to re-install Vista?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If you don't have a backup copy of the original encryption key or a recovery certificate,

you won't be able to access your encrypted files. Reinstalling Vista won't work either since

the security ID will be different.

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Carey Frisch

Microsoft MVP

Windows Desktop Experience -

Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Capt Caveman" <Capt Caveman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5086CE17-5B36-4FE1-9ADE-559BFA9481B8@microsoft.com...

having updated to Windows Vista X64 Ultimate, I used it to encrypt my

secondary drive, unfortunately due to a couple of problems with the install

I've had to roll back to Windows XP Pro, is there any way to retrieve all the

info on the second drive or do I need to re-install Vista?