Re: Unable to access encrypted files after reinstallation

From: tslugmo (cyber_reaper@hotmail.com)
Date: 01/31/03 

From: "tslugmo" <cyber_reaper@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:30:25 -0800

The original installation is still on the partition, I'm
just unable to boot into it. Is there someway to modify
the ntldr file or something to let me boot into it?
Using the repair console I can only access the D:\Windows
directory, nothing else, not even unencrypted folders.

Thanks,
tslugmo

>-----Original Message-----
>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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