How to extract the EFS certificate to old hard drive as an external drive

I got a Windows XP Professional computer on which I had encrypted files using EFS. Now, I have a new computer, Windows 7 Home Premium, but I did not export the old WinXP machine EFS certificates/keys. I can't start the old machine again because I had to open a lot of "stuff" to remove the hard drive. Now I have the physical hard disk from my old machine in a HARD drive enclosure, and it is connected to the new Windows 7 machine via a USB port, that is, as an external hard drive.

My question is: can I extract my the old hard drive Windows XP EFS certificates/keys if it is connected as an external hard drive? Or I have to start my new computer in Windows XP with the old hard drive, then export the certificates by using the normal procedure?

Thank you...
-Ajoie

If your old rained hard drive works fine on the new machine, then you can make use of EFS certificates/keys

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