Accessing Encrypted Files

[Guest]

My setup:

I have one HDD with two partitions (C and D). I have XP Home on C: and XP
Pro on D:.

I encrypted a folder that was in C:\Documents & Settings\Admin.Mike\My
Documents\ called "PaperPort". The folder turned green, all was good and I
could access it.

Well, I wanted to switch to Windows x64 so I copied the encrypted
"PaperPort" folder to my D:\ partition, then uninstalled XP Home and replaced
it with x64.

Long story short, x64 didn't work so I reinstalled XP Home. Now when I
locate the "PaperPort" folder that I copied to my D:\ partition, I cannot
access it. It says "Access Denied".

Is there any way to access these files? Please help.

Thanks

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Mike;
This sounds strange.
Windows XP Home does not have encryption capability.
If Pro did the encrypting and is still in tact, you should still have access
to the data through Windows XP Pro.

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/encrypt.htm

 

[Guest]

Jupiter,

First, thanks for responding.

And on second thought, I believe it was XP Pro not XP Home that did the
original encrypting.

HOWEVER, I have now loaded XP Home back on C: (with XP Pro still remaining
on D:\). I have booted both OS and still cannot access files.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

You would need the encryption key, which was in the old user-profile. (Under
"Documents and Settings") in the XP Pro partition.The Administrator profile
will also have had a copy. Unfortunately if this is gone then there's not
much hope.