I Can't Decrypt My Encrypted Files

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I use Win. XP Pro. with SP2, the file System is in NTFS format. I have
encrypted some personal files before the system brokedown, the encrypted
files are in a logical drive, then I formatted the primary partion where the
windows was located and I installed a refresh copy of windows. Now I can't
access my files, I even can't creat a recovery agent (no users to select and
when I brwose for *.cer fils and choose a certificate, the following message
appear "The file contains no certificates sutiable for Enctpted File System
Recovery. Please select another file or user"). Please help me..
 
Bob Harris said:
Try a Google search on "recover encrypted file XP".

I quickly found one product that claims to do what you need, although it
is not cheap. So, I suspect that there might be more, or someone probably
has a service that would do the work for you, at a higher cost, of course.

http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/mswin/efs/
Click to expand...

That only works if you have at least one of the keys. Without a key it would
require a supercomputer and unlimited time to crack efs in XP.
 
As others have indicated those files are gone forever for your access unless
you have a backup of your EFS private key to import. Also FYI it does not
help to create a recovery agent after the fact to recover already encrypted
files. --- Steve
 
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