[Wipe Free Space completes but never finishes]

Hi Dennis,

 

There are no large strangely named files in my C:\ root directory - I try to keep this puppy as clean as I can. I have successfully used "wipe free space" in the past - just in the last several weeks has CC refused to complete. I've got 366gb and am only using 24gb. I realize that it tkes some serious time to sweep that much free space, but I'm not joking - I've let it run uninterrupted for 72+ hours on 3 separate occaisons with the last 3 releases of CC. As I said, it will report 100% swept on the gb count, but the green status bar at the top stays stuck at 97% and never advances beyond that. Because the hour glass is running within the program, the only option I have is to cancel which then doesn't complete te wipe leaving me right where I was 73 hours earlier. That's why I've tried updating the release to no avail, then uninstalling the release & downloading new - STILL to no avail. Were there any major changes in the last 3 releases that would cause this syndrome after nearly 3 years of successful use of CC ?

 

Thanks,

 

Bruce

 

Hi HP2Guy, and welcome to Piriform.

 

It's probable that if your first run with Wipe Free Space didn't finish, then you'll have some very large files in the root directory (C:), which are created by CCleaner in it's overwriting process, and then deleted upon completion.

 

If CCleaner didn't complete, then those large "temp" files will still be in place, and there won't be any free space for CCleaner to have another run at.

 

Check for those files, which will probably have odd names, and if there, delete them using "Shift\Delete" as they could be too big for your Recycle Bin, and you won't be wanting to keep them anyway.

 

Post back if you still have problems, but bear in mind that this wipe process can take a long time, depending upon the size of the drive in question, and how much free space it has.

 

Hope that helps.

[Wipe Free Space completes but never finishes]

For no apparent reason, CC quit wiping my freespace - I can let it run for as long as 3 days and it will show 100%l gb's wiped but will not finish. I must cancel which leaves the wipe unfinished. I uninstalled CC, then installed a fresh copy of the latest release but the same thing happens again & again. What has changed in the last 2 or 3 releases of CC that will no longer wipe frww space? Nothing else but updates to AV & Malware protection have changed on my system Wipe Free Space no longer works