Could Regedit

[chriske911]

After serious thinking b11_ wrote :

How can Regedit be used to open a registry that is on a different bootable
partition containing an O.S.?

by using load hive from the file menu
then you browse to the DAT file containing the hive you seek
this is only true if you can see that partition from within explorer in
the current booted system

grtz

 

[Guest]

How can Regedit be used to open a registry that is on a different bootable
partition containing an O.S.?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

How can Regedit be used to open a registry that is on a different bootable
partition containing an O.S.?

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, Advanced Registry Editing.
While focused on the User portion of the Registry, its easily adapted to
the Machine portions, as well.


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[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Editing the Registry for "other" Users
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307016
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_adv_reg_editing.htm

Load a hive into the registry:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...elp/967e371b-40f8-4562-ac7c-91e8f251d65b.mspx

Using BartPE boot CD:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/peboot.htm

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How can Regedit be used to open a registry that is on a different bootable
partition containing an O.S.?