Resetting EFS permissions

Is there any possible way to reset permissions on a folder that has been encrypted using EFS after reinstalling Windows XP?

Here are the details…

1. A backup of my personal data is stored in a folder on another partition on my hard drive. Also, I encrypted the contents of the folder using EFS.

2. I’m kicking myself twice because:

a) I had to reinstall XP

b) I forgot to decrypt the backup folder before proceeding with the reinstall.

3. After reinstalling XP, I recreated my user account with the same permissions I had before (Administrators group, same password as before), and discovered that I can no longer access the encrypted files, but I could still see them.

4. I tried resetting the permissions of the folder with ERD Commander 2002, but I didn’t have any luck at all.

Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated.

thx