ntuser.dat <- need to read and copy keys....

[j.m.]

Greetings,

I've recently crash a HD but I was able to recover my previous NTUSER.DAT
file. There are some keys and data that I'd like to recover and place into
the new registry. Are there any programs that are capable of reading the
original DAT-file and exporting (to .reg) data?

thanks in advance!
j

 

[Dave Patrick]

Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose Registry|Load Hive.
Then navigate to the location of the hive you want to edit/read. Give it
some tempname (doesn't matter what). Then when your done, move the cursor
back to tempname, then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Greetings,
|
| I've recently crash a HD but I was able to recover my previous NTUSER.DAT
| file. There are some keys and data that I'd like to recover and place into
| the new registry. Are there any programs that are capable of reading the
| original DAT-file and exporting (to .reg) data?
|
| thanks in advance!
| j
|
|

 

[j.m.]

Dave,

Thanks for your help, I was able to load the .DAT file (can only do so if
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS is selected first) and save (to a .DAT
file) the portion I'm interested in. However that's all it seems that I can
do, and regedt32 doesn't allow for copy/paste. The "Registry->Save Subtree
As..." doesn't seem to create a file type that can be imported. So I'm back
to where I was (a bit further along though), what's the next step?

thanks!

 

[Mark V]

Dave,

Thanks for your help, I was able to load the .DAT file (can only
do so if HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS is selected first) and
save (to a .DAT file) the portion I'm interested in. However
that's all it seems that I can do, and regedt32 doesn't allow
for copy/paste. The "Registry->Save Subtree As..." doesn't seem
to create a file type that can be imported. So I'm back to where
I was (a bit further along though), what's the next step?

Once the hive is loaded on the sytem, run regedit.exe...

Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose
Registry|Load Hive. Then navigate to the location of the hive
you want to edit/read. Give it some tempname (doesn't matter
what). Then when your done, move the cursor back to tempname,
then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Greetings,
|
| I've recently crash a HD but I was able to recover my
| previous NTUSER.DAT
| file. There are some keys and data that I'd like to recover
| and place into
| the new registry. Are there any programs that are capable of
| reading the original DAT-file and exporting (to .reg) data?
|
| thanks in advance!
| j
|
|

 

[j.m.]

Woohoo! I shoulda thunk of that after I realized that it stayed "loaded"....
but thanks! That is exactly what I needed to know.

Dave,

Thanks for your help, I was able to load the .DAT file (can only
do so if HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS is selected first) and
save (to a .DAT file) the portion I'm interested in. However
that's all it seems that I can do, and regedt32 doesn't allow
for copy/paste. The "Registry->Save Subtree As..." doesn't seem
to create a file type that can be imported. So I'm back to where
I was (a bit further along though), what's the next step?

Once the hive is loaded on the sytem, run regedit.exe...

Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose
Registry|Load Hive. Then navigate to the location of the hive
you want to edit/read. Give it some tempname (doesn't matter
what). Then when your done, move the cursor back to tempname,
then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Greetings,
|
| I've recently crash a HD but I was able to recover my
| previous NTUSER.DAT
| file. There are some keys and data that I'd like to recover
| and place into
| the new registry. Are there any programs that are capable of
| reading the original DAT-file and exporting (to .reg) data?
|
| thanks in advance!
| j
|
|

 

[Mark V]

Woohoo! I shoulda thunk of that after I realized that it stayed
"loaded".... but thanks! That is exactly what I needed to know.

Good. You must ensure that your temporarily loaded hive file is
UN-loaded when you are done and before exiting regedt32. FYI

Dave,

Thanks for your help, I was able to load the .DAT file (can
only do so if HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_USERS is selected
first) and save (to a .DAT file) the portion I'm interested
in. However that's all it seems that I can do, and regedt32
doesn't allow for copy/paste. The "Registry->Save Subtree
As..." doesn't seem to create a file type that can be
imported. So I'm back to where I was (a bit further along
though), what's the next step?

Once the hive is loaded on the sytem, run regedit.exe...

Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose
Registry|Load Hive. Then navigate to the location of the
hive you want to edit/read. Give it some tempname (doesn't
matter what). Then when your done, move the cursor back to
tempname, then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in
newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Greetings,
|
| I've recently crash a HD but I was able to recover my
| previous
NTUSER.DAT
| file. There are some keys and data that I'd like to
| recover and place
into
| the new registry. Are there any programs that are capable
| of reading the original DAT-file and exporting (to .reg)
| data?
|
| thanks in advance!
| j
|
|