Problems with encrypted folder

[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

 

[Paul Adare - MVP]

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

> 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?

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 Manager
http://www.identit.ca
I smell a wumpus.

 

[yaro137@googlemail.com]

On Aug 29, 1:36 pm, Paul Adare - MVP <pkad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:08:25 -0700 (PDT), yaro...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > 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?
>
> 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.

I though so. Thanks Paul.
yaro

 

[FromTheRafters]

<yaro137@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:49243946-4304-4b22-97a8-d15492729758@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.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

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.