Problems with encrypted folder

[Guest yaro137@googlemail.com]

One of my clients has encrypted a ~4GB folder where he keeps all his

photos on his XP PC. Problem is he reinstalled the system, formatting

the system partition first. Now he can't access his photos any more.

Is there any way he could get access to them again?

yaro

[Guest Paul Adare - MVP]

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:08:25 -0700 (PDT), yaro137@googlemail.com wrote:

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> One of my clients has encrypted a ~4GB folder where he keeps all his

> photos on his XP PC. Problem is he reinstalled the system, formatting

> the system partition first. Now he can't access his photos any more.

> Is there any way he could get access to them again?</span>

 

If there is no backup of the certificate and private key used to encrypt

the folder or a backup of user's profile folder or a backup of the data

recovery agent's certificate and private key then those pictures are gone

forever.

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Paul Adare

MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager

http://www.identit.ca

I smell a wumpus.

[Guest yaro137@googlemail.com]

On Aug 29, 1:36 pm, Paul Adare - MVP <pkad...@gmail.com> wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:08:25 -0700 (PDT), yaro...@googlemail.com wrote:<span style="color:green">

> > One of my clients has encrypted a ~4GB folder where he keeps all his

> > photos on his XP PC. Problem is he reinstalled  the system, formatting

> > the system partition first. Now he can't access his photos any more.

> > Is there any way he could get access to them again?</span>

>

> If there is no backup of the certificate and private key used to encrypt

> the folder or a backup of user's profile folder or a backup of the data

> recovery agent's certificate and private key then those pictures are gone

> forever.

> --

> Paul Adare

> MVP - Identity Lifecycle Managerhttp://www.identit.ca

> I smell a wumpus.</span>

 

I though so. Thanks Paul.

yaro

[Guest FromTheRafters]

<yaro137@googlemail.com> wrote in message

news:49243946-4304-4b22-97a8-d15492729758@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...<span style="color:blue">

> One of my clients has encrypted a ~4GB folder where he keeps all his

> photos on his XP PC. Problem is he reinstalled the system, formatting

> the system partition first. Now he can't access his photos any more.

> Is there any way he could get access to them again?

> yaro</span>

 

If I understand you correctly, he lost them when he reformatted.

Formatting breaks the path to the data (the photos and the

cryptographic key) - with no backup of that data it would be

very expensive to retrieve encrypted data from the disk.