Retrieving registry data from a slave drive
Hi Guys
I've tried looking through previous posts but none of them seem to work.
I've got a clients drive that is currently set as a slave in another system due to booting problems and he's requested i wipe the drive and re-install all the software.
I have the media but need the serial keys from various programs but as the drive is a slave i cannot seem to access the hive.
Can anyone tell me how to access the registry on the slave drive so that i can retireve the keys and also if there's any way of getting the Outlook account settings (username, pop and smtp server details etc).
Thanks in advance.
I've tried looking through previous posts but none of them seem to work.
I've got a clients drive that is currently set as a slave in another system due to booting problems and he's requested i wipe the drive and re-install all the software.
I have the media but need the serial keys from various programs but as the drive is a slave i cannot seem to access the hive.
Can anyone tell me how to access the registry on the slave drive so that i can retireve the keys and also if there's any way of getting the Outlook account settings (username, pop and smtp server details etc).
Thanks in advance.
To save all the Outlook data, files are stored in two locations. Copy these two folders from the external drive and when the computer has been reformatted, copy them back into their respective locations.
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
As far as reading the registry, I am a huge fan of UBCD4Win and second cpottercpotter's recommendation. It takes a little bit to build a disk, but worth the time.
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\
As far as reading the registry, I am a huge fan of UBCD4Win and second cpottercpotter's recommendation. It takes a little bit to build a disk, but worth the time.
That has been asked a lot here on EE.
Do a site search for "offline registry editing".
I know that there are a couple of posts from "Krompton" and (I think) LeeTutor that do a great job of explaining.
Here is one sample I found:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21746300/Edit-registry-on-slaved-harddrive.html
Do a site search for "offline registry editing".
I know that there are a couple of posts from "Krompton" and (I think) LeeTutor that do a great job of explaining.
Here is one sample I found:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21746300/Edit-registry-on-slaved-harddrive.html
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I would agree that if you find anything from LeeTutor on this, follow his recommendations. That guy is the EE God! =)
loading remote hives is probably the biggest pain in the ass the M$ ever dreamed up. Still, that's what they want, they don't really want you to recover a setup. Pay more to install, that is their revenue mantra.
Anyway, this will NOT help you one bit. All the logins and passwords to any and all programs that are stored in the registry are almost always encrypted. Getting the hive loaded will probably a royal waste of time. Try it if you want. I'll bet you will be disappointed. The program directories or emails are likely to have PW data more easily available than the registry.
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Start Menu\Programs copy all there to another locale.
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\All USers\Start Menu\Programs copy all there to another locale
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Applicat
That will tell you what software to install.
Then copy all his My Documents directory to another place for safe keeping.
Now reinstall the OS, and rebuild the programs based on what you copied
Did you know, you can recover his setup from the restore points in System Volume information????
ALL of what you need to can get from the hard drive directories. The remote REG is almost useless.
Anyway, this will NOT help you one bit. All the logins and passwords to any and all programs that are stored in the registry are almost always encrypted. Getting the hive loaded will probably a royal waste of time. Try it if you want. I'll bet you will be disappointed. The program directories or emails are likely to have PW data more easily available than the registry.
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Start Menu\Programs copy all there to another locale.
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\All USers\Start Menu\Programs copy all there to another locale
Go to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Applicat
That will tell you what software to install.
Then copy all his My Documents directory to another place for safe keeping.
Now reinstall the OS, and rebuild the programs based on what you copied
Did you know, you can recover his setup from the restore points in System Volume information????
ALL of what you need to can get from the hard drive directories. The remote REG is almost useless.
I beg to differ....
If you load a reg hive, you can extract software serials AND passwords, yes I said passwords, by vewing Protected Storage....
Protected Storage PassView v1.63: Recover Protected Storage passwords
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html
You can have it open other users reg hives to extract data....
NOTE, you should be able to get Outlook, OE, and stored IE passwords with no effort...
If you load a reg hive, you can extract software serials AND passwords, yes I said passwords, by vewing Protected Storage....
Protected Storage PassView v1.63: Recover Protected Storage passwords
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/pspv.html
You can have it open other users reg hives to extract data....
NOTE, you should be able to get Outlook, OE, and stored IE passwords with no effort...
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This will solve all my problems. Not sure who will get the points but this is the solution i've used.
Many Thanks again !!!
This will solve all my problems. Not sure who will get the points but this is the solution i've used.
Many Thanks again !!!
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