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Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y registry

then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

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Guest John John
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Re: Assuming one boots partition x

 

Are you trying to edit the registry on the dormant installation? Use

the load hive feature in Regedit. Don't forget to unload the hive when

you are done. See here for easy to follow instructions:

http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

 

John

 

b11_ wrote:

> Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y registry

> then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

Guest sgopus
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RE: Assuming one boots partition x

 

Simply edit and save it, since you have not removed it from Y, there is no

putting it back.

 

"b11_" wrote:

> Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y registry

> then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)
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Re: Assuming one boots partition x

 

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y

> registry

> then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

 

Your question is unclear. Please elaborate.

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Re: Assuming one boots partition x

 

Does one run the regedit on the booted(x) partition or the non-booting(Y)

partition?

 

Is it possible to load the entire Y registry, not just a hive?

 

When unloading, How can one be sure that it goes back to the Y partition and

not the X partition?

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"John John" wrote:

> Are you trying to edit the registry on the dormant installation? Use

> the load hive feature in Regedit. Don't forget to unload the hive when

> you are done. See here for easy to follow instructions:

> http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

>

> John

>

> b11_ wrote:

>

> > Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y registry

> > then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

>

Guest Gary S. Terhune
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Re: Assuming one boots partition x

 

How could you possibly run REGEDIT from the partition that won't boot?

Honestly, do you even *think* about the questions you post before hitting

Send? Would make you look a lot less stupid.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"b11_" <b11@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Does one run the regedit on the booted(x) partition or the non-booting(Y)

> partition?

>

> Is it possible to load the entire Y registry, not just a hive?

>

> When unloading, How can one be sure that it goes back to the Y partition

> and

> not the X partition?

> ____________________________________________________________

> "John John" wrote:

>

>> Are you trying to edit the registry on the dormant installation? Use

>> the load hive feature in Regedit. Don't forget to unload the hive when

>> you are done. See here for easy to follow instructions:

>> http://www.rwin.ch/xp-live/regedit.htm

>>

>> John

>>

>> b11_ wrote:

>>

>> > Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y

>> > registry

>> > then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

>>

Guest John John
Posted

Re: Assuming one boots partition x

 

b11_ wrote:

> Does one run the regedit on the booted(x) partition or the non-booting(Y)

> partition?

 

You do as it shows in the link I provided. You boot Windows XP on

Partition X and you start Regedit and select the Load Hive feature.

When asked which hive you want to load you navigate to the broken

installation on Partition Y\Windows\System32\Config and load the desired

hive. Using Regedit you can only load hives as shown in the Config

folder, other than the ntuser.dat and the volatile hives, the files in

the Config folder contain the whole registry. If you need to edit user

settings then load the ntuser.dat hive in their respective Profile folders.

 

Be aware that there is no HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet on

a dormant installation, instead you look at the

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select key and select the numbered

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSetnnn (001,002,003...) that you want

to edit.

 

> Is it possible to load the entire Y registry, not just a hive?

 

You cannot load the whole registry with Regedit, if you want to do that

use a live cd like Bart's PE disk.

 

> When unloading, How can one be sure that it goes back to the Y partition and

> not the X partition?

 

Faith, it will just go to the same place whence it came from.

 

John


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