Assuming one boots partition x

[Guest]

Assuming one boots partition X, how can one change the partition Y registry
then put the Y registry back into partition Y?

 

[John John]

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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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.

 

[Guest]

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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[Gary S. Terhune]

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.

 

[John John]

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