decrypting a file

From: Ron (rlmdallas@yahoo.com)
Date: 01/17/03 

From: "Ron" <rlmdallas@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:19:15 -0800

I had an XP Pro system with 2 physical drives (1 4gig, 1
15gig). The 4gig drive had my OS on it by itself with
one partition (C drive). The 15gig had 3 partitions (D,
E, and F), one for programs (software), one for music,
and one for other stuff. The 4gig stopped booting and I
had to create an OS drive on one of the 15gigs partitions
so I could boot my computer up. Once I booted my
computer up, I was able to see the original OS drive from
the 4gig. I then used Windows backup utility to create a
backup of the original OS drive from the 4gig. When I
restored the backup file to the new OS drive on the
15gig, I was unable to decrypt files that were located on
the programs partition (E drive). I encrypted them while
the OS was on the 4gig drive (seperate physical drive).
Since I have a backup of the original OS drive contents,
can I retrieve the encryption keys necessary to decrypt
my files? Wouldn't the encryption keys or certificates
that were created when I encrypted the files still be
located in the backup file? Any help would be greatly
appreciated, I hope I have given you enough information
to see what has happened. These files are extremely
important and need to be decrypted. Thanks again.

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