opening reg files from an ex boot drive that is now a data drive

[Joel Aufgang]

I've got a hard drive that used to be the boot drive of a server, but now
its mounted as a data drive. The system on that drive is still intact. I
would like to read the registry files on that drive because I need to copy
some keys over into the registry of the current System drive. I can see the
files in the System32/Config folder on the d:\ drive, but i dont know how
open or look inside them.

I dont think I can use regedit to read these files, becasue they are not
acting as the registry for a running system. does anyone know if there are
any tricks to do this? are there any other diagnostic utilities out there
that could do this? Any pointers in the right direction would be
appreciated.


Thanks,
Joel Aufgang

 

[Mark V]

I've got a hard drive that used to be the boot drive of a
server, but now its mounted as a data drive. The system on that
drive is still intact. I would like to read the registry files
on that drive because I need to copy some keys over into the
registry of the current System drive. I can see the files in
the System32/Config folder on the d:\ drive, but i dont know how
open or look inside them.

I dont think I can use regedit to read these files, becasue they
are not acting as the registry for a running system. does
anyone know if there are any tricks to do this? are there any
other diagnostic utilities out there that could do this? Any
pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

Regedt32.exe "Load hive..."
See the help sections on loading/unloading hive files from disk.
Ensure any loaded hives are unloaded before closing regedt32.

Hint. After loading the hive file in regedt32 one can use
regedit.exe or other registry tool in normal fashion to "see" and
possible "Export" to .REG files as needed. But the REG file
registry Paths will need attention if you intend to use them in an
Import operation.

 

[Joel Aufgang]

Thats perfect.
Thanks, Mark.

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Joel Aufgang wrote: