edit registry on non-bootable system

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Peter Kaufman

Hi,

Anyone know of a method or can recommend a 3rd party tool, preferably
free or cheap, I can use to edit the registry of a non-bootable XP
drive?

Thanks,

Peter Kaufman MCP
 
Peter Kaufman said:
Anyone know of a method or can recommend a 3rd party tool,
preferably free or cheap, I can use to edit the registry of a non-
bootable XP drive?
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Please post if you find out how. I'd like to transfer a few
dozen DUN connectoids from a backup image of my old
hard drive, but the image is unbootable, and the
connectoids are kept in the registry.

Tomas B.
 
Hi Peter,

I don't know which third party utility can do this.

As I know, we do not need the third party utility. The regedit can do this.

1. Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation CD and boot into the
Recovery Console.
2. At the Recovery Console, we can modify the registry with the RegEdit.

The parameters of the regedit are listed as below:

Imports and exports registry files to and from the registry.

REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] filename1
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /C filename2
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /E filename3 [regpath1]
REGEDIT [/L:system] [/R:user] /D regpath2

/L:system Specifies the location of the SYSTEM.DAT file.
/R:user Specifies the location of the USER.DAT file.
filename1 Specifies the file(s) to import into the registry.
/C filename2 Specifies the file to create the registry from.
/E filename3 Specifies the file to export the registry to.
regpath1 Specifies the starting registry key to export from.
(Defaults to exporting the entire registry).

/D regpath2 Specifies the registry key to delete.

You also can move the hard disk with the corrupted Windows XP to another
Windows XP computer. Then, use the Load Hive in the Registry Editor to load
the registry of the corrupted Windows XP. The registry is saved in the
\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\NTUSER.DAT file.

To load a hive into the registry
==========================

1. Open Registry Editor.
2. In the registry tree (on the left), click either the HKEY_USERS or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys.
3. On the File menu, click Load Hive.
4. In Look in, click the drive, folder, or network computer and folder that
contains the hive you want to load.
5. Click Open.
6. In Key Name, type the name that you want to assign to the hive, and then
click OK.

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Sincerely,

Steven Liu

Microsoft Online Partner Support

MCSE 2000

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