How access registry keys of my XP backup partition?

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Can some please advise me on a query I have got.

As a backup, I clone my whole XP partition to another hard drive.

If I make some changes to registry keys on my main XP system and
things get a little messed up, then I want to restore the original
registry keys.

I could export and import the keys each time but this can be tedious.
I would like to access the good registry keys in backup partition.
HOW DO I DO THIS ACCESS?

The XP backup partition appears in Windows Explorer as a separate
letter. However my backup XP is not actually running, so I guess I
could not use XP's remote registry access to get to it. Is this
correct?

Any help is welcome.

 

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You can export the registry key or the whole registry to a safe place then
go where you exported it to and double click it and it will restore.

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"Will" <nomail@mail.com> wrote in message
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Can some please advise me on a query I have got.

As a backup, I clone my whole XP partition to another hard drive.

If I make some changes to registry keys on my main XP system and
things get a little messed up, then I want to restore the original
registry keys.

I could export and import the keys each time but this can be tedious.
I would like to access the good registry keys in backup partition.
HOW DO I DO THIS ACCESS?

The XP backup partition appears in Windows Explorer as a separate
letter. However my backup XP is not actually running, so I guess I
could not use XP's remote registry access to get to it. Is this
correct?

Any help is welcome.

 

[Rock]

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Will wrote:

> Can some please advise me on a query I have got.
>
> As a backup, I clone my whole XP partition to another hard drive.
>
> If I make some changes to registry keys on my main XP system and
> things get a little messed up, then I want to restore the original
> registry keys.
>
> I could export and import the keys each time but this can be tedious.
> I would like to access the good registry keys in backup partition.
> HOW DO I DO THIS ACCESS?
>
> The XP backup partition appears in Windows Explorer as a separate
> letter. However my backup XP is not actually running, so I guess I
> could not use XP's remote registry access to get to it. Is this
> correct?
>
> Any help is welcome.

http://www.dougknox.com/ Windows XP Tips, Advanced Registry Editing.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Rock]

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Will wrote:

> Can some please advise me on a query I have got.
>
> As a backup, I clone my whole XP partition to another hard drive.
>
> If I make some changes to registry keys on my main XP system and
> things get a little messed up, then I want to restore the original
> registry keys.
>
> I could export and import the keys each time but this can be tedious.
> I would like to access the good registry keys in backup partition.
> HOW DO I DO THIS ACCESS?
>
> The XP backup partition appears in Windows Explorer as a separate
> letter. However my backup XP is not actually running, so I guess I
> could not use XP's remote registry access to get to it. Is this
> correct?
>
> Any help is welcome.

Another option is to make regular backups of the registry using ERUNT.
Backups can be easily restore.

http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

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[crossposting removed]

Regdat - Browse old Registry Files.
http://people.freenet.de/h.ulbrich

....Alan

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In microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, Will <nomail@mail.com> wrote:

>Can some please advise me on a query I have got.
>
>As a backup, I clone my whole XP partition to another hard drive.
>
>If I make some changes to registry keys on my main XP system and
>things get a little messed up, then I want to restore the original
>registry keys.
>
>I could export and import the keys each time but this can be tedious.
>I would like to access the good registry keys in backup partition.
>HOW DO I DO THIS ACCESS?
>
>The XP backup partition appears in Windows Explorer as a separate
>letter. However my backup XP is not actually running, so I guess I
>could not use XP's remote registry access to get to it. Is this
>correct?
>
>Any help is welcome.