Re: Encrypted Folder

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:14:00 -0800, Pascual wrote:

I encrypted my files and folders and saved them in a hard drive (regular
back up). However, since I restored my computer to the original
manufacturer's configuration, I cannot open the files because it tells me
"access denied".
I use Windows XP Professional to encrypt the files. Any help to open these
files will be greatly appreciated.

Do you a complete backup from before you performed the restore? Was the
computer in a workgroup or a member of a domain?
If you don't have a backup and if the computer was a member of a domain
then you have permanently lost access to those encrypted files.

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