nope, in fact you will not be able to copy them.  without the ability to
unencrypt the file, it will not be moved.

-=rooster=-

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> What happens if you lose the private key, and from there copy the files to a
> FAT or NTFS4 partition?
> 
> Do they remain encrypted?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Crichton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 12:06 PM
> To: Rob Weiss
> Cc: 'leon'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MS EFS Question
> 
> 
> Encrypted files do *not* preserve their encryptyed status when copied or 
> moved to fat partitions from ntfs partitions
> 
> Kevin Crichton, MCSE
> ICL, UK
> 
> Rob Weiss wrote:
> 
> > Leon (and others),
> > 
> > I tried to verify this in some of my MS books, but couldn't find the
> answer.
> > 
> > 
> > What I believe that I remember is this:  Encrypted files keep their
> > encryption when they are copied or moved, regardless of the destination
> > (NTFS or FAT).
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From:       leon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> > Sent:       Wednesday, January 09, 2002 11:00 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:    MS EFS Question
> > 
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> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > 
> > Quick (and perhaps easy?) question for the MS folks.
> > 
> > If you have a file on an NTFS volume that is encrypted (with EFS) and
> > you transfer it to a fat32 partition what happens?  What happens if
> > you copy the EFS file from one NTFS volume to another?  I am going to
> > guess that in the 1st case it decrypts the file (not sure).  I am
> > pretty sure that in the 2nd case it retains the encryption.  Can
> > anyone quickly verify?  I don't have a fat32 partition to test on. 
> > In the meantime I will try out the 2nd scenario and you are welcome
> > to mail me off-list if you are curious (unless someone answers it on
> > list).
> > 
> > Thanks guys (and ladies of course).
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Leon
> > 
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