Is it safe to use Registry Cleaners

[thexfactor]

I've never noticed any performance difference after using any of these reg cleaners...for me the best way to boost performance is to format or restore a backup

 

[Edrill]

Try CCleaner. It's a pretty decent, free registry cleaner. Does a good job of cleaning the registry, among other things. It's available at CCleaner.com

 

[Eazy]

...for me the best way to boost performance is to format or restore a backup

^^^ I agree 100% .... and for me an Acronis True Image backup image restore is the BEST Reg Cleaner... removes all unwanted Reg entries....

 

[FaH33m]

^^^ I agree 100% .... and for me an Acronis True Image backup image restore is the BEST Reg Cleaner... removes all unwanted Reg entries....

hey can u just give a brief guide on backing up and restoring images using the above software cauz i have never done a HDD image back up and restore. though i always feel the need of it instead of formatting and re-installing everything...

is it possible to take a back up image on a non-OS partition and then just restore after formatting ?but how will i restore the back up using the software once i format the partition ...sorry i am a bit confused..on the porcedure..

just a litlle help..needed..thnx in advance..

 

[Eazy]

hey can u just give a brief guide on backing up and restoring images using the above software cauz i have never done a HDD image back up and restore. though i always feel the need of it instead of formatting and re-installing everything...
is it possible to take a back up image on a non-OS partition and then just restore after formatting ?but how will i restore the back up using the software once i format the partition ...sorry i am a bit confused..on the porcedure..
just a litlle help..needed..thnx in advance..

Its quite simple ... you have to select partitions to be backed up from the list and then select file name and destination of backup image - thats it. On average Acronis does a 50% compression. Acronis backs up about 2GB a minute on my setup.

Acronis has an option to make a bootable CD and from this CD you can run Backups and Restores ... you can make backup image files from one partition to another on same HDD but this is slow compared to making a backup image to another HDD. I make a backup image from one HDD to another and keep a copy of the image files on external USB HDDs. Acronis has options to Restore full HDDs or Partitions or Directories or Files. Sometimes I have needed to restore only a programs directory or a corrupted file.

Here a screen of Acronis..

Select partitions to backup here.... "S" is an external USB HDD....

 

[FaH33m]

Its quite simple ... you have to select partitions to be backed up from the list and then select file name and destination of backup image - thats it. On average Acronis does a 50% compression. Acronis backs up about 2GB a minute on my setup.

Acronis has an option to make a bootable CD and from this CD you can run Backups and Restores ... you can make backup image files from one partition to another on same HDD but this is slow compared to making a backup image to another HDD. I make a backup image from one HDD to another and keep a copy of the image files on external USB HDDs. Acronis has options to Restore full HDDs or Partitions or Directories or Files. Sometimes I have needed to restore only a programs directory or a corrupted file.

Here are 2 screenies of Acronis..

Select partitions to backup here.... "S" is an external USB HDD....



and here select destination file name and location...

ok got it ..thanx for u r help...tried repping u ..but tells me to spread some reps arnd before giving it to u again..

 

[rASCAL]

i am using registry mechanic and have'nt experienced any problems.
i just take a look at them and then delete all

 

[Emperor]

Dude u might be laughing at me but u dont know how much pain its to restore
a system back from such a complicated state.

I have configure a lot of tools and even the softwares which are required for
my project work.

Arey no no no, I m lafaughing becuse first you confused to use it or not but in last I clapped becuse you took a wise decision:hap2:

 

[Indyan]

Dont use too aggressive ones. I think Regsupreme and jv16 were the program that had caused problems for me. I use tuneup utilities now. No problems at all with it.