EFS win 2k, reloaded machine - no access now to files

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Dean Williams

Hello all,

Hoping someone can help me. I was having a few probs on
my home machine so i decided to reload it with XP (i had
2k before). I backed up all my important files onto my
external usb drive, downloaded any drivers i would need,
reloaded the machine and went to copy everything back.
Sounds simple. Unfortunately i forgot that a few months
ago i encrypted some of my important files in case my pc
got stolen. Now i can not access or move these files off
my external drive.

Apparently my options are to get my cerficate off the
machine which lies under the user profile, problem is
that i didn't back up my entire profile, only favs and my
docs. Other option is to crack the 128bit enrytion,
something that is a little bit beyond me.

Can anyone please tell me how to access my damn files??

Please, it would kill me if i lost these..

Thanks in advance.
 
Yes, you lost them. It's worth double-checking if you really didn't back up
my entire profile, though.

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Eddy Koller[MS]

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