I've been bad. I just reformatted, and in traditional form, I have forgotten to back up something very important. Namely, the encryption key to an encrypted folder.
*sigh*
So basically, I have just screwed myself. I only have one encrypted folder, but it's got a log file in it that is VERY important to me. (Which is why it was encrypted in the first place).
It would be very appreciated if anyone could help me out with this. I am not much of a hacker, be it white or black, and my only thought on the matter at the moment is coding a simple app to brute force hack the file, and wait a few months to read it. But I don't have enough knowledge of EFS to really do that right now, and I am sure that there is an existing app to do that anyways.
So PLEASE, if anyone knows how to break the encryption, reply, pm me, email me, whatever. Just please help me. It doesn't matter how inefficient, I am prepared to run a service for days, weeks, months, years, whatever it takes.
dave.brady AT uleth.ca, classic.grey AT gmail.com, ninjacommander AT hotmail.com. Take your pick. I will be eternally grateful for help.