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I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find it.
My computer died, and in the process of trying to set up a new one, I accidentally deleted all the registry keys from my old account (on the old drive). I exported them as a .reg via Yaru, as per many suggestions, but I can't figure out how to load them back into the old hive. I want the old system to remain as it was, in case that computer gets repaired.
So, I can import into the live system, but that's not what I'm trying do to here. I can load the (tiny) amount of data that's left in the old hive, but I can't import into it.
Any suggestions?
Bobson
Posted 2014-02-14T16:51:51.890
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What? If you deleted the keys then they are gone. There is nothing left to import – Ramhound – 2014-02-14T17:54:20.067
Yaru can recover deleted keys (see here for example). I have the
– Bobson – 2014-02-14T17:58:13.550.regthat contains them all. I want to put them back, but not into the current hive, which is what all the instructions I've seen have directions for.If you don't want to replace the current hive what hive exactly do you want to replace? Its not clearl what you mean "old" hive. – Ramhound – 2014-02-14T19:56:01.900
Can you successfully load the old HKCU/HKLM hive(s) into Regedit on the live system? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-02-14T20:04:10.150
@Ramhound - I want to take the hive living on my original hard drive from the dead system (the "old hive") and restore its own deleted keys back to it. – Bobson – 2014-02-15T23:46:13.437
@techie007 - Yes, although it's almost empty as far as regedit is concerned (there were 2-3 keys that couldn't be deleted) – Bobson – 2014-02-15T23:46:36.673
I did have a thought - it's only HKCU that's messed up. Once the dead machine is repaired, can I boot and log in without it? If so, I can just import all the recovered keys then... – Bobson – 2014-02-16T00:11:37.110