If your user account is lost or you accidentally delete your own file encryption certificate some day, you might lose access to your own files. The recovery agent could still help, but you can protect yourself by exporting your own personal EFS certificate. Basically, follow the same procedure as for the local administrator while logged in as a user. Just be sure to have at least one encrypted file before starting the process. Once complete, label the disk EFS for UUU on XXX, where UUU is your user account name and XXX is your computer name. Store it in a safe place.