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I bought myself a new HD, installed a fresh copy of XP Pro, and then copied over files from my old HD before wiping it.

When going through my stuff I found several files that I cant open... after thinking about it, I realized that I had used XP to encrypt them on the previous drive.

How the hell can I open them now? Anyone have an XP decrypt utility or some command line magic for me?

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That noob who crashed the chopper.
That noob who ran over the mine.
That noob who TK'd me with a sniper rifle.
That noob who hit that APC at 300m with light AT! Our APC...

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No one?
Please don't tell me that pictures of my ex gf naked are lost forever

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Better known as:
That noob who crashed the chopper.
That noob who ran over the mine.
That noob who TK'd me with a sniper rifle.
That noob who hit that APC at 300m with light AT! Our APC...

kevlarorc

nah, dont worry. I've got backups of those. want me to send?

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ScratchMonkey

IIRC, the encryption key is stored in the old profile.

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So, if my old drive is wiped and I no longer have access to the profile, how do i fix this?

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Better known as:
That noob who crashed the chopper.
That noob who ran over the mine.
That noob who TK'd me with a sniper rifle.
That noob who hit that APC at 300m with light AT! Our APC...

Steamers

crap... someone help him recover his nude pics @_@

ScratchMonkey

I wish I had better news, but everything I've read says you're screwed. The encryption is reasonably strong (RSA public key), so the only way you're going to get anything is to give the drive to the NSA and tell them it's full of terrorist secrets.

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What about those forensic thumb drives that microsoft is providing to law enforcement... That surely has what is required to defeat windows encryption... Anyone have access or know if the contents have been imaged and floating out and about? -- it may seem like a bit much, but she's hot

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Better known as:
That noob who crashed the chopper.
That noob who ran over the mine.
That noob who TK'd me with a sniper rifle.
That noob who hit that APC at 300m with light AT! Our APC...