Unable to access encrypted files after re-installing Win-XP

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I had two partitions in the hard disk, drive C: for OS
(Windows XP Professional) and drive D: for the data files.
The files in the drive D:(it was NTFS file system) was
encrypted. Due to some problem (virus related, and the
system became unstable) I had to format the drive C: and
re-installed OS (Windows XP). The files system for drive
C: is NTFS. But after re-installing OS I'm unable to
access my old files which were encrypted in drive D:, even
though I'm the system administrator. I can't view or copy
those files to some other directories. Please help me.
 
P.Sarkar said:
I had two partitions in the hard disk, drive C: for OS
(Windows XP Professional) and drive D: for the data files.
The files in the drive D:(it was NTFS file system) was
encrypted. Due to some problem (virus related, and the
system became unstable) I had to format the drive C: and
re-installed OS (Windows XP). The files system for drive
C: is NTFS. But after re-installing OS I'm unable to
access my old files which were encrypted in drive D:, even
though I'm the system administrator. I can't view or copy
those files to some other directories. Please help me.
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Unfortunately you may not be able to recover thoses files because there is
no way to recover data that has been encrypted without the personal
encryption certificate and its associated private key. These should have
been copied and saved on removable media.

Best Practices for the Encrypting File System:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=223316
 
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