[computer-tech-support: 8402] Re: Encrypted Items

Unfortunately, you can say goodbye to those files. Because you installed a fresh copy of XP a new SID was created. It is the SID + user ID (not the user name - the ID is a GUID number which MAY or may not be the same after the fresh copy install) + user password which is used to create the encryption key. And without that encryption key you will almost certainly never get back those files. Perhaps there might be some encryption cracker software which might recover them for you but I doubt it.

On Sunday, March 18, 2012 5:28:20 AM UTC-4, Wahid Salah wrote:

Hello, I have encrypted a folder on the D: with the native Windows Xp
Sp3 encryption option...Now I installed a new fresh copy of windows Xp
sp3...(same as before) but I lost access to the files and the whole
folder, all names of files and folders are in green instead of
balck...
what do i need to do to restore these files, I have many important
things....huge data and memories.
thanks in advance

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