Reading registry on secondary drive?

[Jim Bancroft]

Hi everyone,

I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it in his new
machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed some old files. Turns out,
we need to read a few registry settings on it to get his Outlook Express
mail settings. Is there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that
will let me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the registry?
The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!

 

[Ayush]

Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :

Hi everyone,

I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it in his new
machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed some old files. Turns out,
we need to read a few registry settings on it to get his Outlook Express
mail settings. Is there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that
will let me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the registry?
The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!

Load the hive.

To load Local_machine hive,
Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


To load a Users hive,

Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive

 

[Mark V]

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Ayush wrote:

Multiple groups listed. Replying only to
microsoft.public.win2000.registry

Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :

Hi everyone,

I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it
in his new machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed
some old files. Turns out, we need to read a few registry
settings on it to get his Outlook Express mail settings. Is
there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that will let
me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the
registry? The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!

[ ]

Load the hive.

To load Local_machine hive,
Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


To load a Users hive,

Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive

Just to note.
If W2K "host" use regedt32.exe
OP,
Always include the version of Windows when posting please.
I suggest you make a copy of the archived hive file and work with
that instead of risking accidental alteration of one's only safety
backup copy.

 

[Jim Bancroft]

Thanks for the help. I'm looking for a Windows2000's HKEY_CURRENT_USER
subbranch. Where is that generally stored on the drive?

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Ayush wrote:

Multiple groups listed. Replying only to
microsoft.public.win2000.registry

Replied to [Jim Bancroft]s message :

Hi everyone,

I took the hard drive from my father's old computer and put it
in his new machine (as the D: drive) just in case we needed
some old files. Turns out, we need to read a few registry
settings on it to get his Outlook Express mail settings. Is
there a way to run regedit, or something similar, that will let
me see the keys and values on the D: drive's copy of the
registry? The drive itself is in FAT format. Thanks!

[ ]

Load the hive.

To load Local_machine hive,
Open regedit > Click "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive


To load a Users hive,

Open regedit > Click "HKEY_USERS"
File > Load Hive > Browse to the file
Give it a name > then do what yoy want to do with it
Click on the loaded hive > File > Unload Hive

Just to note.
If W2K "host" use regedt32.exe
OP,
Always include the version of Windows when posting please.
I suggest you make a copy of the archived hive file and work with
that instead of risking accidental alteration of one's only safety
backup copy.

 

[Dave Patrick]

ntuser.dat in the root of the user profile.

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Regards,

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