Retreiving registry?

How can I retreive the registry from an unbootable Windows XP disk? I'm currently running it(160GB) as slave to a 10GB master disk with nothing but XP on it. This setup is probably much better, as next time windows Totally Breaks I won't lose everything. I've copied over stuff like the start menu(changed all the shortcuts, that was a pain) and firefox faves/extensions, but how can I get the registry moved over? And is there a quick way to fix it so all the references to C:/*/* are changed to D:/*/*? If not I'd probably be better off reinstalling all my programs.

You don't even need the registry.  It's just one more place for spyware and viruses to take hold, and even Microsoft knows that it is outdated; Vista won't have a registry at all.  Much like the human appendix, it is vestigial and can be removed to give you a safer and faster computer experience. 

Vista? No registry? I'd like to know more.

>>2
First good thing I've ever heard about Vista, after all the bloatware, useless shit, and digital AIDS. But please don't tell me they replaced it by yet another registry. I'm praying that you tell me Windows Vista uses text/plain INI files as it should always have been, not beacuse of viruses, but because binary configuration sucks (depends on shitty editor, unscriptable, file broken = you crap because you can't repair it, harder to manage, harder to propagate, etc.).

I bet it's gonna use XML or something. It has to be ready for the Enterprise, and nothing is more Enterprisey than XML.

>>5 GETS it.

>>5
marketing GET

>>5
Uh, Java Enterprise Edition is a bit more Enterprisey.

>>5
That's my fear.

>>7
Truth

>>8
How about doing XML from J2EE? Now that's scalable and enterprise-grade.