Does imaging an EFS encypted volume create an encrypted image?

Hi,

I'm using Macrium Reflect to image a drive which contains my data. Most of the folders and files in it are encrypted with EFS. It's encypted with the same key as the windows install I'm using, so obviously I can view and open all the files on that partition using the system I'm on, because the files are being decrypted on the fly as I move through the folders.

So the question is, if I image that partition using Macrium reflect on this windows install, will the files and folders in that created image be EFS encrypted?

The EFS encrypted data will become decrypted when it is presented to Macrium Reflect. As a result, the data saved by Reflect will NOT be encrypted by EFS (you can still apply Macrium Reflect's own encryption).