XP secured folders

['perch]

I recently had to reinstall Windows XP, but now do not have access to
the old "My Documents" folder on another partition.

It was encrypted and 'made private', and the problem I now have is that
I cannot access the files therein. Some of it it quite important
(accounts and so on). I know I was an idiot not to have it backed up,
but we've all done that, haven't we?

Tell me, is there any way of recovering this information?

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

If I remember rightly, when you first encrypt a folder a key is created
which you are advised to save to removable media in case of just this type
of eventuality. If you didn't do that, then I think you may be out of luck.

However, this newsgroup is about Microsoft *Access* security. You may get a
more definitive answer if you ask the question in a newsgroup about
Microsoft *Windows* security.

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['perch]

Ah. My bad. Excuse me.

*runs off to find the right group*