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Updated with note about expired DRA certs

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The recovery process included in this topic only works for desktop devices. WIP deletes the data on Windows 10 Mobile devices.
>**Important**<br>
If you already have an EFS DRA certificate for your organization, you can skip creating a new one. Just use your current EFS DRA certificate in your policy. For more info about when to use a PKI and the general strategy you should use to deploy DRA certificates, see the [Security Watch Deploying EFS: Part 1](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.securitywatch.aspx) article on TechNet. For more general info about EFS protection, see [Protecting Data by Using EFS to Encrypt Hard Drives](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc875821.aspx).
If you already have an EFS DRA certificate for your organization, you can skip creating a new one. Just use your current EFS DRA certificate in your policy. For more info about when to use a PKI and the general strategy you should use to deploy DRA certificates, see the [Security Watch Deploying EFS: Part 1](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.02.securitywatch.aspx) article on TechNet. For more general info about EFS protection, see [Protecting Data by Using EFS to Encrypt Hard Drives](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc875821.aspx).<p>If your DRA certificate has expired, you won’t be able to encrypt your files with it. To fix this, you'll need to create a new certificate, using the steps in this topic, and then deploy it through policy.
**To manually create an EFS DRA certificate**