Re: Forgot to decrypt backup before reinstalling XP

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 11/05/03 

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 00:26:12 -0700

If you did in fact encrypt the data and you do not have the original
profile, the data is effectively gone forever.
You must have the original profile or at least be a member of a domain
at the time of encryption. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
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"Sanchez" <sanchez_no_spam_please@no_spam_tawheedcomputers.com> wrote
in message news:06f801c3a367$58b10120$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank You for the link Jupiter Jones.  I have been doing
> alot of reading since you posted it.  The 'Ownership'
> issue doesnt seem to be the problem, although I am now
> the owner of the file.  I will continue to read some
> more, but here is the situation again:
>
> Decided to 'Tiddy up' my system by clean installing XP
> 1.  I created backup folders of my business information
> to another physical hard drive.  ( I have a 120GB HD and
> 40GB HD)
> 2.  Those 'backup' folders are encrypted---did not
> decrypted before backing up to 40GB HD.
> 3.  Booted From XP Pro CD
> 4.  Deleted Partition containing XP Pro on 120GB HD
> 5.  Formated Unpartitioned Space on 120GB HD---Quick NTFS
> Format
> 6.  Clean Install XP Pro
> 7.  XP on C Drive...my files on D Drive
> 8.  Now I cant open my backup of encrypted files on D
> (from previous XP just hours ago)
>
> To view my pleas and how my business has now been crippled
> (by the way, my vendor
> information/accounts/passwords/price lists/etc was in
> those folders too), just go back to original post. It is
> 1:30am over here, so I must go to bed.  I just want to
> thank Microsoft Newsgroup Community and Jupiter Jones for
> all help so far.
>
> Here is my site (just felt like sharing--still under
> construction)
> www.tawheedcomputers.com
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hopefully it is an Ownership issue and not an encryption
> issue.
> >http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Encrypt.htm
> >
> >-- 
> >Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >
> >
> >"Sanchez" <sanchez@tawheedcomputers.com> wrote in message
> >news:060001c3a355$669a6d10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I have seen this problem before, so I cant believe I
> have
> >> gotten myself in this mess.  Hello Everyone.  I wanted
> to
> >> clean install xp pro on my machine, just as my usual
> >> house cleaning....so I created a backup of all my
> >> business folders, put them on a separate hard drive,
> >> formated my main drive, reinstalled xp, ...... and
> today
> >> I got to access a customers account....and access
> >> denied.  I know the answer I always see, is
> >> basically :"too bad", "its lost".  Is there anyway to
> get
> >> this information back.  Is there any hack for the
> >> registry, ERD Boot Commander 2003, etc.  I am a small
> >> company just starting out in April of 2003, so all my
> tax
> >> information is in there too..... I really need help
> >> please....or give me a link to someplace where I can
> >> learn how to do it, or a link to a program, anything.
> So
> >> please Microsoft Community, help me, my whole life
> since
> >> I started my business, are in those folders.

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