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Truecrypt encrypted files and drives require Truecrypt to decrypt.<br />
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You need Truecrypt installed. &nbsp; Once installed, run it, &quot;select file&quot;, browse to your file and put in the password. &nbsp; &nbsp;It should mount to an available drive letter.
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tailoreddigital is absolutely correct, <br />
try the Frequently asked Questions, lots of interesting facts<br />
<a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/faq" rel="ugc">http://www.truecrypt.org/faq</a><br />
but how does one accidently format his drive?<br />
windows questions you at every angle are sure you ...then it warns you doing this will delete all your files and wipe your drive?<br />
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Merete
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If you don't have the password, you can forget it. &nbsp;That's the point of encryption and making your own encryption key.<br />
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Hopefully he knows the password.
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This was originally his HD that was partitioned and encrypted. &nbsp;when I try mounting it tells me that it's nto a truecrypt volume.
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My friend had Truecrypt installed on his laptop and accidently formatted his drive. &nbsp;He was able to recover the files but they show as encrypted. &nbsp; <br />
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How could we unencrypt these recovered files?<br />
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NOTE: &nbsp;The files are now on a different computer w/o truecrypt installed.
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My friend had Truecrypt installed on his laptop and accidently formatted his drive.  He was able to recover the files but they show as encrypted.   

How could we unencrypt these recovered files?

NOTE:  The files are now on a different computer w/o truecrypt installed.

Truecrypt encrypted files and drives require Truecrypt to decrypt.

You need Truecrypt installed.   Once installed, run it, &amp;quot;select file&amp;quot;, browse to your file and put in the password.    It should mount to an available drive letter.

tailoreddigital is absolutely correct, 
try the Frequently asked Questions, lots of interesting facts
http://www.truecrypt.org/faq
but how does one accidently format his drive?
windows questions you at every angle are sure you ...then it warns you doing this will delete all your files and wipe your drive?

Merete

If you don&amp;#39;t have the password, you can forget it.  That&amp;#39;s the point of encryption and making your own encryption key.

Hopefully he knows the password.

This was originally his HD that was partitioned and encrypted.  when I try mounting it tells me that it&amp;#39;s nto a truecrypt volume.

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