Recover encrypted files using FAT

In most cases, you can recover encrypted NTFS files the same way as other files on any NTFS partitioned drive.

In some scenarios, however, you must write recovered encrypted files only on FAT partitions. In this case, encrypted files remain unreadable and the recovered file is written to a FAT partition is temporary with an ".efs" extension. To complete the recovery procedure, you must write this temporary file to any NTFS partition using the Restore Encrypted File dialog box.

You have to specify temporary stored encrypted file and destination file name where the restored encrypted file will be written.

Click OK to complete the process.

Note

Destination path must point on NTFS drive for successful restore.

See Also

Recover deleted Files or Folders