How to edit a registry db residing other than the one the ..

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Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose Registry|Load Hive.
Then navigate to the location of the hive you want to edit/read. Give it
some tempname (doesn't matter what). Then when your done, move the cursor
back to tempname, then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit

You'll find them in
%windir%\system32\config

the current_user hive is in
%userprofile%\ntuser.dat

The last reg backup files in
%windir%\repair\RegBack

and the original as-installed files in
%windir%\repair

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"William" wrote:
|I have cloned my system onto a different disk, however I made the
| mistake to assign a letter to the cloned disk and now when I try to
| boot from the clone it cannot create the page file and it logs me
| right out without giving me the channce to fix it.
| Since the original drive boots fine, is there a way to edit the
| registry that is on the cloned disk by using regedit/regedt32 if I
| install both drives in the system?
|
| TIA
| bill

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at Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:34:22 GMT in <jlbo51p7ijrbv2i09nqj911i3sodbcp5su@
4ax.com>, sorry@no.spm (William) wrote :

>I have cloned my system onto a different disk...
>... is there a way to edit the
>registry that is on the cloned disk by using regedit/regedt32...
>
>TIA
>bill

See my solution under "Copying system to new drive - pagefile problem".
It's my reply to Pegasus(MVP) after I originally ran into the same problem
you did. I pretty much walk through the procedure.

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