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Introduction

The following requires you to unplug the hard disk from the machine on which Windows is not able to boot from. Please make sure that the hard disk is operational, and working corrrectly. Make sure you have connected the hard disk to a computer system that is running Windows XP or later, and that the bios etc is correctly set and when Windows XP or later is run, the hard disk you have installed shows up as a new drive.

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Requirements

This feature is only available on version 2.0.0.80 and above of INNOBATE Product Key Recovery.

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Instructions

1. Run INNOBATE Product Key recovery.

2. From the Tool bar click the load Registry Hive File button. The image on this button looks like honey cones.

3. When the open file dialog window is show, navigate to the drive of the Hard Disk you have just installed.

4. Locate the System32\Config folder on the drive. The usual location of this is \Windows\System32\Config. Remember if you can not find the System32\Config folder, you can always do a search for this folder using the Windows Explorer from the start menu of your computer and using System32 as your search criteria.

5. From the Config folder select the file labelled Software. Click the open button.

6. You will now be displayed the Windows XP or later product key for that installation of Windows XP or later.

7. Print or save the product to a text file using the save or print feature of INNOBATE Product Key Recovery.

8. Unload the registry hive file. Exit INNOBATE Product Key Recovery.

9. You are now ready to shut your computer system down, remove the hard disk from the computer system, plug it to the computer system it originally belonged to, and attempt to install/repair Windows.