I have managed to get myself out of access denied errors caused by similar issues.
As a result, I recommend that you go to the security tab of the properties dialog box and try to set permissions for yourself. If none of that works, you may need to use the cacls command which can be quite difficult to use.
As for the Windows encryption, this can be very tough. If you still have your original data from your C: drive, you may still be able to dig up the encryption key. Try looking around using google for some tips.
I am assuming that you are an admin on your computer (because
you formatted your computer) and you have XP Pro (because you were able to encrypt your data).
A word of warning for the future: NEVER use Windows to encrypt your data if it is data you would regret losing because if you format your Windows drive (usually your C: drive), you may lose your encryption key. Of course, this doesn't apply if your data is confidential and you would rather lose it than let others get access to it.
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Originally posted by Voldemort
I remember that i read online a long time ago that you could recover that type of files with that encription by renaming a user to the exact user name they were created with.
Unfortunately that won't work because Windows identified user accounts by a unique ID number rather than their name. This unique ID number is randomly created when the account is created.
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