Alright here is the deal. Last night I was on my work PC (laptop) during a storm. Lightning hit and fried my PC, as I cannot turn it on. Called the HP guy and we diagnosed and verified it.
My problem is this: as I said, this is my work computer that I foolishly have been very active on sending out resumes and looking at job boards with it very often. I am terrified that when I send my computer in to be worked on, that they will be able to see that I have been looking to move on through looking at my registry (Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, etc.) and the fact that the file "Resume" is right there on the desktop.
This morning I went to work on the problem and successfully was able to remove the hard drive and place it into an enclosure kit. I ran the program on my roommates computer and was able to access my desktop on the work hard drive as well as a few other important things like cookies. What I couldn't do was clear my registry. I downloaded C CLEANER, but all I could get it to do was clear the registry on my roomate's PC, not on the extra external drive that I was accessing through his PC. I am paranoid and I really need to clear that registry. If any of you could let me know if this is possible with this program or any other, please do. I am up s**t creek as they say.