How long does ccleaner take to wipe free space

Posted September 4, Plaidipus Posted September 4, I must have needed a few days off work since I can't do anything until it's done. Augeas Posted September 4, None of us would be so fooish to wipe free space on an SSD, would we? Andavari Posted September 4, That's where it got hung up last time. I did a disk repair. The drive wipe finally finished. I checked and I don't have ssd. Thanks for your help. Posted September 8, edited. Greeve Posted November 23, Posted November 23, If you disable 'sleep' in your PC settings it should work.

Ccleaner needs a disable sleep while wipeing setting! Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. Register a new account. Sign in Already have an account? Sign In Now. Go to topic listing. You need to aware that CCleaner has been hacked to spread malware to users of the bit version. The hackers were able to inject the malware into the application by accessing the download servers used by the antivirus provider Avast the parent company that owns CCleaner , according to the security researchers at Cisco Talos Group.

CCleaner is still a useful and reliable hard drive wipe software, only if you can disarm the threat by keeping it as the latest version. Step 1 : Update to or download the latest version of CCleaner. Then open the program to get its main interface. Step 2 : Click Tools from the left pane and choose Drive Wiper. Step 4 : Select a particular type of overwriting procedure you prefer from the Security drop-down list.

Here are 4 types available:. Finally, click Wipe button to perform the operation. In this way, CCleaner will securely wipe the free space on your hard drive to protect your privacy.

As a built-in feature of Windows, Command Prompt allows you to execute various operations with simple commands. Of course, you can also wipe free space with Command Prompt just using cipher command. Cipher command is available on Windows operating system since It displays or alters the encryption of directories and files on NTFS volumes. When you use it, all other parameters will be ignored. At first, you should run Command Prompt as administrator.

This will remove data from available unused disk space on the entire volume. Cipher uses 3 passes algorithm to wipe free space securely on your hard drive. It overwrites the specific free space with zeros in the first pass, ones in the second pass and random numbers in the last pass.

Actually, some Windows users might fear that their computers will be attacked by malware after installing CCleaner. Sign in here. By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Recommended Posts. Posted February 14, I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 Bit, 3.

Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Using recover I can get most files back I noticed on my old desktop which was cleaned a week ago, recover found over 20, files from that I could recover. So some idea of what's going on would be helpful. I'm using Win 7 home premium, I've tried safe mode, checking for drive errors, switching of any anti-virus - all of which was never an issue in the past. If it is 6 months since you last run Wipe Free Space and it worked okay then, perhaps a clean install of the CCleaner version from around that time might give an idea if it's the change in CCleaner or a change on your machine.

I've removed the drive and attached it to another desktop via USB, and tried an old version and the current version of CCleaner - problem still exists.

It is without doubt linked to the system drive. I repartitioned the laptop drive into two sections the existing system and a new logical drive , CCleaner worked fine on the new logical drive, but was still an issue on the system drive.

I cant see it being an issue with CCleaner, something in the system drive most be causing the issue. Very weird! You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community.

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