Hello,I'm a photographer. I use several hard drives for my work. I just realized that I've some encrypted photos on a hard drive. I did some research on internet and they are inbuilt EFS encrypted files. I was using the hard drive with a Windows XP machine last year. I've already sold the old Windows machine on Craigslist and I don't expect to find that old machine. I've no backup of the Windows machine.How can I recover my photos?Thank you.Chris1 person needs an answerI do too

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Hi PhotoNet,If I understand it correctly, you're asking how to retrieve your EFS encrypted photos from the Windows machine that you alredy sold in craiglist.com? If your answer is yes, definitely, there's no way to retrieve something from computer that is no longer in your possession. Let me know if I'm not just getting the point.If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Propose as Answer" If you find it helpful , mark it as helpful by clicking on "Vote as Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.