Mar 6, 2008
Encrypted Files Are Meaningless Once System Is Reformatted
Windows offers you the option to encrypt files in other drives and many people prefer encrypting their files for security reasons. This option should be the preferred one for all computer users but they should also know about the downside of encrypting files.
Once you reformat your system, install fresh Windows then the files which you encrypted using the Windows installed before reformatting won’t work with the freshly installed windows. Yes, the files encrypted with one OS won’t work with other installations of the same operating system.
So next time before you re-install windows remember to decrypt the encrypted files else no decryption algorithm will be able to help you.
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