I'm a student and I'm stuck on a Windows image, not sure where else to turn

I hope you don't mind beginner-level questions! I'm in a digital forensics class and we've been given an image to analyze (Windows, I think 2000 but I'm not in front of the assignment right now). I found EFS-encrypted files, and I've found hints in the image's chat/email logs that instruct us on how to use the System and SAM registry hives to crack the password and decrypt the files.

Unfortunately, the demo programs (FTK Imager Lite and Password Recovery Toolkit) …

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