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Registry is distributed in multiple files which are not accessible from windows environment. There is one file which is one of the most important and it's called SAM, it's responsible for security politics, passwords and so on. Tt should somewhere in the windows system folder.

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You'll find them in;

\system32\config

the current_user hive is in;

\Documents and Settings\

ntuser.dat

The last reg backup files in;

\repair\RegBack

and the original as-installed files in;

\repair

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