reglookup1File Conversion Utilitiesreglookup-recoverWindows NT+ registry deleted data recovery toolSYNOPSIS
reglookup-recover [options] registry-fileDESCRIPTION
reglookup-recover attempts to scour a Windows registry hive for
deleted data structures and outputs those found in a CSV-like format.
print them out to stdout in a CSV-like format.
OPTIONSreglookup-recover accepts the following parameters:
Verbose output. (Currently does little to nothing.)
Enables the printing of a column header row. (default)
Disables the printing of a column header row.
Display cells which could not be interpreted as valid
registry structures at the end of the output.
Do not display cells which could not be interpreted as valid
registry structures. This is the default behavior.
Display raw cell contents for cells which were interpreted as intact
data structures. This additional output will appear on the same
line as the interpreted data.
Do not display raw cell contents for cells which were interpreted
as intact data structures. This is the default behavior.
Required argument. Specifies the location of the
registry file to read. The system registry files should be
found under:
%SystemRoot%/system32/config.
OUTPUTreglookup-recover generates a comma-separated values (CSV)
like output and writes it to stdout. For more information on the syntax of
the general format, see reglookup(1).
This tool is new and the output format, particularly the included columns,
may change in future revisions. When this format stablizes, additional
documentation will be included here.
EXAMPLES
To dump the recoverable contents of a system registry hive:
reglookup-recover /mnt/win/c/WINDOWS/system32/config/system
Extract all available unallocated data, including unparsable unallocated
space and the raw data associated with parsed cells in a user-specific
registry:
reglookup-recover -r -l '/mnt/win/c/Documents and Settings/user/NTUSER.DAT'
BUGS
This program has been smoke-tested against most current Windows target
platforms, but a comprehensive test suite has not yet been developed.
(Please report results to the development mailing list if you encounter
any bugs. Sample registry files and/or patches are greatly appreciated.)
This program is new as of RegLookup release 0.9.0 and should be considered
unstable.
For more information on registry format details and the recovery
algorithm, see:
http://sentinelchicken.com/research/registry_format/
http://sentinelchicken.com/research/registry_recovery/
CREDITS
This program was written by Timothy D. Morgan.
LICENSE
Please see the file "LICENSE" included with this software
distribution.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License version 3 for more details.
SEE ALSO
reglookup-timeline(1) reglookup-recover(1)