Reading registry values from old hive file

[Crusty]

I recently re-installed my OS(win 7) after upgrading my hardware.

I have an image of my old OS drive and I need to access registry keys in the old registry.

In particular, I'm looking for values under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\*]

Is there any way to get those key/values without having to boot up the old drive image to run regedit?

I tried running regedit to load the old hive file on my new desktop, but the 'Load Hive...' button is grayed out.

Any ideas?

 

[Mushkins]

You could put the old hard drive in your new PC and possibly open the registry files directly in notepad or something. It'll more than likely be considerably faster to just boot up the old machine and look though. Export whatever keys you need.

 

[Dahak]

To load another registry file, you have to highlight the HKEY_Local_Machine first and then you can click on Load Hive, point to the file and it will show up under the HKEY_Local_Machine. Even if its the user hive, once done highlight your loaded hive and click on Unload Hive