Accessing Windows Encrypted Files

[Guest]

Today I formatted my OS harddrive and I have a few files on another drive with sensitive information, about 3 total and less than 1kb each in size, that were encrypted using the Windows XP encryption. Now I am unable to access these files at all or even attempt to enter my old password to decrypt them.

I really need this information back from these files. Is there anyway I can get the information back? I know the old user account name and the password for that account if that helps out at all.

 

[Guest]

Just move the encrypted files to a Fat/ Fat32 based hard drive, or to a compressed NTFS file folder.

 

[Keith]

Today I formatted my OS harddrive and I have a few files on another drive
with sensitive information, about 3 total and less than 1kb each in
size, that were encrypted using the Windows XP encryption. Now I am
unable to access these files at all or even attempt to enter my old
password to decrypt them.

I really need this information back from these files. Is there anyway I
can get the information back? I know the old user account name and the
password for that account if that helps out at all.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;223316&Product=winxp