Hello, I had to reformat my harddrive for my yearly format. So i backed up my files with STomp Back up my Pc. All went well after format and i restored all my files onto a folder on my desktop called restored. When i tried viewing my pictures it showed no preview. When i tried listening to music it just didnt play. So i realized then that before the format i had enabled ntfs encryption on my music and picture files. Is there anyway to decrypt these files? I have tried right clicking the folder going to properties and de activating these encryptions. I have also tried right clicking then going go to properties and going to security-->advanced-->owner--> i chose my name and checked the box. applied it and no luck. p.s. moderator please put this in the right topic Thanks in Advance -Greg S.
? Any ideas at all would be wonderful. If i lose these files i lose over a year of cd's and pictures i do not longer own :'(
Unless you backed up the encryption key to a floppy or cd (it will be a .pfx file) there isn't a way I know of to recover the files. They really need to emphasize that more when you encrypt files and prompt you to create a recovery floppy in my opinion.
thanks for you answer and i would like to post a link for all the others that are going to make the same mistake as me. http://forums.binarydreams.us/showthread.php?t=144 and for those who are willing to try anything to recover the files http://www.brienposey.com/kb/recovering_encrypted_data.asp Thanks for the answer. Dont make the same mistake i did!
