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Hi Augeas and login123. Thank you for the explanations. I just wanted to follow-up. The scan finally completed. It took 8 and a half hours but I recovered over 20GBs of space. I think you may have an idea as to what I am about to state next. Even though I now know that the Gutmann option is relatively pointless, I would be hard pressed to change at this point. I have been using Gutmann for so long that anything "lower" may seen inadequate. I may reduce down to NSA, though. Thanks for your time.

Good day. I have been a faithful user of CCleaner for a long time. I feel it is one of the best cleaning products on the market. However, seeing this thread...and the one referenced in the prior post...concerns me. I have to admit, I was under the impression that the more times the application wipes, the better the data will be erased. Therefore, I have been using the Guttman 35 pass option religiously. This latest time that I used the application, the process is well into its 6th hour. Yes, that was not a typo. I started the process just before 24 came on at 9pm EST and it is now almost 3:30am EST now. A normal scan for me is about 30 minutes to one hour or so, using the Guttman secure file deletion option. Granted, over the last couple of weeks, I have been doing some heavy music downloading. The last scan I ran a few days ago freed up over 8GBs of space. I expected this scan to be about an hour or so and free up as much if not more hard drive space. I figured I would come to the vendor's site to see if there was anything abnormally wrong with this situation. It comes as a big surprise to realize that doing any more than the normal file deletion is a waste of time. My question is this: If anything more than the normal file deletion is a waste of time, energy, and resources, why is secured file deletion (DOD, NSA, or Guttman) offered as an option? Thanks