Re: Unable to access encrypted files after reinstallation

From: Andrej Budja [MVP] (andrej@mvps.org)
Date: 01/31/03 

From: "Andrej Budja [MVP]" <andrej@mvps.org>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:50:33 +0100

The only way to get to the files is:
a. if you exported your private key
b. can still boot into the original Xp installation. Do you have a
backup of this installation?

In all other cases you encrypted files are lost.

Andrej

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 01:08:05 -0800, "tslugmo"
<cyber_reaper@hotmail.com> wrote:

>So here's the deal, I had a dual-boot system, Win 98 and
>XP, then I migrated to a new computer and reinstalled the
>XP partition, forgetting that I needed to do the 98
>partition first for the boot records to work. Then
>today, again not remembering this, I re-installed the 98
>partition, effectively disabling both OS's. So my only
>option was to install XP over the backed up 98 partition
>in order to try to access the non-backed up XP partition
>using NTFS. However, the most important stuff was
>encrypted on my previous XP partition. And now, even
>though I know the username and password, I can't access
>the encrypted files. What are my options for data
>recovery in this case, seeing as how there are obviously
>no DRA's specified on my new partition from before the
>formatting occured? Please tell me there's some way for
>me to access this data if I know the username and
>password!
>
>TIA,
>tslugmo

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