Opening a registry that isnt active

[disisme]

I realise this probably isnt strictly NT related, but you guys know
your stuff..... I have a machine with 2 hard drives, both 'system' XP
Pro disks, but one is faulty. What I want to do is fire up the system
on the good disk, then export the registry for the OTHER disk so I can
reimport it. Because the other disk is no longer bootable, I cant
user regedit or regedt32 to do the export. Booting from the CD and
'repairing' the old disk doesnt work (Promise RAID controller).

Can anyone tell me of a util that will let me do this? The old disk
WILL boot up in safe mode, btw, just not in normal mode (hangs during
startup at some point that I cant find).

Of course, if someone has pointers on how I could work oout whats
causing the hang, even better. I used boot logging, but I cant see
any specific error in that (not knowing what it SHOULD look like
doesnt help).

Can anyone throw me a line here?

[Chris]

On 18 Sep 2003 21:17:18 -0700, roger.bruce@bendigobank.com.au
(disisme) wrote:
I realise this probably isnt strictly NT related, but you guys knowyour stuff..... I have a machine with 2 hard drives, both 'system' XPPro disks, but one is faulty. What I want to do is fire up the systemon the good disk, then export the registry for the OTHER disk so I canreimport it. Because the other disk is no longer bootable, I cantuser regedit or regedt32 to do the export. Booting from the CD and'repairing' the old disk doesnt work (Promise RAID controller).Can anyone tell me of a util that will let me do this? The old diskWILL boot up in safe mode, btw, just not in normal mode (hangs duringstartup at some point that I cant find).Of course, if someone has pointers on how I could work oout whatscausing the hang, even better. I used boot logging, but I cant seeany specific error in that (not knowing what it SHOULD look likedoesnt help).Can anyone throw me a line here?


You can copy the registry file itself, located under
c:\winnt\system32\config. Also, you can use Regedt32 to 'mount' the
old registry file whle booted to the new install. Look under the file
menu for 'load hive' or something similar. Don't forget to unload it
when your done.

-Chris