Best registry Editor

princejim · 18 Jan 2011 at 14:50

What registry Editor do people use? Is there a good free one? I am about to installed one of the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid SATA-II 2 HD, do I just copy all my files from my C disk to the new disc, then make the momentus the C drive? If I do a new install I have to go through the process of adding all my software again. But I thought a good regedit would clean up my drive first. Any help would be appriciated. Using win7

Philtor · 18 Jan 2011 at 15:00

Why not just clone the HDD using the likes of Clonezilla or a free trial of Acronis True Image?

Duke · 18 Jan 2011 at 15:34

As above just clone the old disk to the new one.

princejim · 20 Jan 2011 at 14:00

Free trial of Acronis does not allow you to clone disk! If I Just copy "C" to new drive then change the drive letters around will this work?

Philtor · 20 Jan 2011 at 14:29

princejim said:
If I Just copy "C" to new drive then change the drive letters around will this work?

Im afraid it's not that simple. You need to clone your HDD using software. If your not having any luck with Acronis then try Clonezilla or Easeus Todo Backup which are both free.

CaptainCrash · 20 Jan 2011 at 14:52

princejim said:
Free trial of Acronis does not allow you to clone disk! If I Just copy "C" to new drive then change the drive letters around will this work?

You have a Seagate drive, so you should be able to use their DiscWizard - it's a slightly older and feature-reduced version of Acronis, but it should be ample to do what you want.

jack21 · 20 Jan 2011 at 15:48

Try out these free registry editors, Resplendence Registry Manager and Registrar Registry Manager. I have used the registrar registry manger and never got an issue or look for an alternative. These are one of the good and tested editors.

SiriusB · 20 Jan 2011 at 15:49

Ignore Jack and stay away from your registry! It does not, and will not, need cleaning!

PCZ · 20 Jan 2011 at 16:02

The trail version of Acronis does clone discs.
I use it a lot

Drop down the tools menu then select clone disc

KIA · 20 Jan 2011 at 16:07

jack21 = clueless human spammer promoting cloud hosting?

thepeganator · 20 Jan 2011 at 16:11

Registry does not need cleaning!

Either just reinstall everything, or clone the harddrive!

The only time you need to go into the registry is to fix things, and then you can use regedit.
But only with specific instructions!!!