Old registry data

[Winn and Linda Wikoff]

How do I find data in an old registry? I upgraded my motherboard and
processor and had to install Vista on a new drive to get it to boot. I would
like to find some of the data in my old registry on my old boot drive (now
I

Winn

 

[R. C. White]

HI, Winn.

I'm no expert on this Registry stuff, but I think the key to what you need
to do is in the RegEdit Help file under the topic:
Load or Unload Registry Hives

Maybe that will help you get started while waiting for help from the real
gurus who hang out here.

RC
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[Meinolf Weber]

Hello R. C. White,

As addition, here is the way to load the hive:

Loading a registry hive
To load or unload registry hives, use Registry Editor. The Load Hive. and
Unload Hive. commands affect only the HKEY_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys
and are active only when these predefined keys are selected.

When you load a hive into the registry, the hive becomes a subkey of one
of these keys.

To load a hive into the registry

Open Registry Editor.

Click either the HKEY_USERS key or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key.

On the File menu, click Load Hive..

Find the hive you want to load and click it.

Click Open.

In Key Name, type the name that you want to assign to the hive and then click
OK.





Unloading a registry hive
To unload a registry hive

Open Registry Editor

Select a hive that you have previously loaded onto your system

On the File menu, click Unload Hive..


Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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