I retried like this (because Syste32 is empty :( ):
# hivexregedit --export --prefix 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE' \
/sdb3/backups/win7/Windows/SysWOW64/config/SOFTWARE \
'\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId'
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId: path not found in
this hive at /bin/hivexregedit line 319.
If it is not this hive, then I guess all is lost ???
On 01/18/2019 12:59 PM, Nikolay Ivanets wrote:
And command line should look like this:
hivexregedit --export --prefix 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE'
/sdb3/backups/win7/Windows/System32/cofig/SOFTWARE '\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId'
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Mykola Ivanets
пт, 18 січ. 2019, 21:53 Nikolay Ivanets користувач stena...@gmail.com
<mailto:stena...@gmail.com> пише:
You need /sdb3/backups/win7/Windows/System32/config/SOFTWARE
I believe it is Software registry hive.
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Mykola Ivanets
пт, 18 січ. 2019, 21:11 JD користувач jd1...@gmail.com
<mailto:jd1...@gmail.com> пише:
In the directory
/sdb3/backups/win7/Windows/SysWOW64/config
I see:
RegBack/
SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE{95a67f3f-59d1-11e3-9e59-a0b3cc79c3dc}.TM.blf
SOFTWARE{95a67f3f-59d1-11e3-9e59-a0b3cc79c3dc}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
SOFTWARE{95a67f3f-59d1-11e3-9e59-a0b3cc79c3dc}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
SOFTWARE{fa9dd771-5b7b-11e3-ac53-c305c0b6ada2}.TM.blf
SOFTWARE{fa9dd771-5b7b-11e3-ac53-c305c0b6ada2}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
SOFTWARE{fa9dd771-5b7b-11e3-ac53-c305c0b6ada2}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
SOFTWARE.LOG1
SOFTWARE.LOG2
SYSTEM
SYSTEM{95a67f43-59d1-11e3-9e59-a0b3cc79c3dc}.TM.blf
SYSTEM{95a67f43-59d1-11e3-9e59-a0b3cc79c3dc}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
SYSTEM{95a67f43-59d1-11e3-9e59-a0b3cc79c3dc}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
SYSTEM{fa9dd775-5b7b-11e3-ac53-c305c0b6ada2}.TM.blf
SYSTEM{fa9dd775-5b7b-11e3-ac53-c305c0b6ada2}.TMContainer00000000000000000001.regtrans-ms
SYSTEM{fa9dd775-5b7b-11e3-ac53-c305c0b6ada2}.TMContainer00000000000000000002.regtrans-ms
SYSTEM.LOG1
SYSTEM.LOG2
systemprofile/
The incantation:
/usr/bin/hivexregedit --export
/sdb3/backups/win7/Windows/SysWOW64/config/SOFTWARE
'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId'
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId: path not found in this
hive at /usr/bin/hivexregedit line 319.
On 01/18/2019 11:55 AM, Nikolay Ivanets wrote:
Windows registry file(s) are located here:
%SystemRoot%\System32\Config\.
%SystemRoot%\System32\Config\Softwate - is what you need. And
encoded key might be here: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId.
And here is deciding algorithm:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/how-to-recover-your-windows-product-key/f032f08f-f114-46f6-ab81-b28004dd43a0
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Mykola Ivanets
пт, 18 січ. 2019, 20:22 JD користувач jd1...@gmail.com
<mailto:jd1...@gmail.com> пише:
Turns out that testdisk was not able to extract the files in
.../Windows/registration directory :( :( :(
On 01/18/2019 10:45 AM, Nikolay Ivanets wrote:
You don't need boot or mount partition to read
registry. hivexregedit can manipulate windows registry
files directly.
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Mykola Ivanets
пт, 18 січ. 2019, 01:32 JD користувач jd1...@gmail.com
<mailto:jd1...@gmail.com> пише:
On 01/17/2019 03:41 PM, Nikolay Ivanets wrote:
Let me ask the question again: is COA product key?
Is it in the registry?
I would assume so, since the laptop was used without
any problems
and received updates normally without any banners
coming up.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/how-to-recover-your-windows-product-key/f032f08f-f114-46f6-ab81-b28004dd43a0
You can easily extract product key if it is in the
registry as the link above promises. I have pointed
to a Linux tool which can read/modify Windows
Registry in precious email.
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Mykola Ivanets
But the disk is not bootable :( :(
I was just fortunate that "testdisk" (linux) was
able to extract the user's directory
and the windows directory.
The script you show assumes that the HD is mountable.
It is not, and a 2nd computer with win7 refuses to
"see" it when attached
via USB. So I would not be able to use 3rd party SW
to talk
to the unmountable disk.
Only "testdisk" on Linux has been able to read the
undamaged parts.
Thank you very much for your response.
I do indeed appreciate it.
чт, 17 січ. 2019, 20:17 JD користувач
jd1...@gmail.com <mailto:jd1...@gmail.com> пише:
OK, so I called MS as you had suggested,
and they will no longer support win7 in 2020,
which is under 2 year away.
I get a voice menu from hell, non of the
options of which address my issue
at hand, namely extracting the windows
installation key from the windows
directory, which I was able to save to my linux HD.
They automated responder finally hung up.
So, of all the linux freeware that deals with
windows,
is there one that CAN extract the key from the
backup windows dir on Linux?
address my problem of extracting the
> On 01/09/2019 10:28 AM, Ulf Zibis wrote:
>>
>> You could try testdisk and/or photorec.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> -Ulf
>>
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