File encryption in WinXP

This is a discussion about File encryption in WinXP in the Customization Tweaking category; Hello. I recently formatted my harddrive and reinstalled winxp. I had encrypted files on another drive, and now I can't access them. And no, I didn't make any backup or export of the encryption key - the key is now lost forever.

Customization Tweaking 1789 This topic was started by jony115, 2002-09-11 22:28

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jony115

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#93446

2002-09-12 00:28

Hello.
I recently formatted my harddrive and reinstalled winxp.
I had encrypted files on another drive, and now I can't access them.

And no, I didn't make any backup or export of the encryption key - the key is now lost forever. Just didn't think about it.

Although i'm pretty much sure all is lost I ask anyway as a last resort if anyone knows what I can do in this situation. Those are precious files for me (otherwise I wouldn't have encrypted them...)

Please help!

Window XP CORP and windows update?

ICS im guessing not sure NEED HELP

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BladeRunner

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#93447

2002-09-12 00:48

Wow, what is this, national "Loose your keys" day?

http://www.ntcompatible.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22545

I'm afraid as the posts in the above link will tell you, basically speaking unless you're part of a domain where certain accounts can get your data back or you've got a backup of your keys on floppy disk then you aren't going to get that data back - tis the whole point of file encryption.