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In Windows XP and later, is there a way to find...
and more in the Windows registry? I'm asking because I'm writing a little gift for my boss (I work at a computer repair center.) that will automate the process of backing up a users data and reinstalling Windows from a modified Ubuntu live CD.
Levi Campbell
Posted 2011-06-06T18:26:08.977
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Former repair technician here. The easiest way to do all of this may be to boot WinPE from, say, Hiren's Boot CD (which can be installed to a USB thumbdrive, hint-hint).
1, 2, 4: There's a program on Hiren's for that.
3: I am unsure of the best way to back-up drivers but it is usually advisable to install the latest versions anyhow.
5: Load the registry hives and look at HKEY_USERS, the same place the User Profiles dialog is populated from in XP. It is the "right" way rather than looking at the Documents and Settings folder.
Hiren's Boot CD has so much more functionality, including a copy of Ghost (which you must have an existing license to use) and tons of other software.
Hope this has been helpful!
Alex Hirzel
Posted 2011-06-06T18:26:08.977
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True, Hiren's bootcd is wonderful, but the reason I asked about items 1, 2, and 4 is to create the unattend.txt file to do an unattended windows install. – Levi Campbell – 2011-06-06T19:17:00.153
In that case, my response above is largely useless. I would explore the library used by Offline NT or use their
– Alex Hirzel – 2011-06-07T15:06:36.500regedutility. It looks like extraction of the product key needs to be performed under Windows, though (i.e. Wine).