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There is no known method to recover a database file if you do not know the encryption key... that is after all the purpose of using strong encryption - to stop people from being able to access the data. |
I have created the file around 3 years back and forgot the encryption key. Due to widnows is corrupted, I have formatted the system without noting down the encryption key. So please help me if there is any method to recover it
Sorry, but as Mark said, there is no way to recover an encryption key if it is lost. The only way would be brute force - keep guessing at the key until you get it right.
Do you have a backup of your Windows system? If so then perhaps you could recover the necessary file(s) from the backup.
Note: I presume from your comment that you had the encryption key stored somewhere on your Windows system. Note that doing so defeats the purpose of using a strong encryption key on the database file (unless you had somehow protected the file that stored the encryption key?).
Maybe these guys can help: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1