Decryption of files and folders

Hi,
My HDD partition is C: and D:. I have my data files in D:\. in order to
protect my data i had applied encrytion to all the folders and files in this
drive. recently my C: was formatted and Win XP was reinstalled...my D:\ was
not formatted...

Now i'm not able to open, view or worse even copy these files in D:\ i tried
removing the encryption by it displays a error message that "error in
applying attributes"

Can any one please let me know on how to decrypt the files and folders in
D:\ please help as i have valuable data in my D:|

> Hi,
> My HDD partition is C: and D:. I have my data files in D:\. in order
> to protect my data i had applied encrytion to all the folders and
> files in this drive. recently my C: was formatted and Win XP was
> reinstalled...my D:\ was not formatted...
>
> Now i'm not able to open, view or worse even copy these files in D:\
> i tried removing the encryption by it displays a error message that
> "error in applying attributes"
>
> Can any one please let me know on how to decrypt the files and
> folders in D:\ please help as i have valuable data in my D:|

You can't do it unless you made your keys disk which has the needed keys
on it. When you reinstalled the os, all the keys changed; as though
your data had been taken to another computer - which is exactly what it
was designed to protect against. Without the keys, you won't get your
data back.

Sorry,

Twayne

Krishna wrote:
> Hi,
> My HDD partition is C: and D:. I have my data files in D:\. in order
> to protect my data i had applied encrytion to all the folders and
> files in this drive. recently my C: was formatted and Win XP was
> reinstalled...my D:\ was not formatted...
>
> Now i'm not able to open, view or worse even copy these files in D:\
> i tried removing the encryption by it displays a error message that
> "error in applying attributes"
>
> Can any one please let me know on how to decrypt the files and
> folders in D:\ please help as i have valuable data in my D:|

If you did not back up your recovery agent and private key your data is gone
for good.

How to remove file or folder encryption in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993/en-us

The Encrypting File System
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...hyetc/efs.mspx

Best practices for the Encrypting File System
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316/en-us

How to back up the recovery agent Encrypting File System (EFS) private key
in Windows Server 2003, in Windows 2000, and in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241201

How To Encrypt a Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308989

How To Encrypt a File in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307877