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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _parse_key(key):
    '''
    split the hive from the key
    '''
    splt = key.split("\\")
    hive = splt.pop(0)
    key = '\\'.join(splt)
    return hive, key