File encryption in WinXP
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.
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!
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!
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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.
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.
A tough lesson, no doubt.
