[CCleaner confuses HDD with SSD]

12 hours ago, nukecad said:

Yes it would be nice if CCleaner (and defraggler, and Speccy) could interrogate the disc to double check what type it is.

But TBH you should be able to rely on Windows to do that for you and get it right. That's why Windows provides logs/databases in the OS - so you can easily query Windows without writing reams of code to check for yourself.

Programmes would get bigger/slower if they all had to check everything for themselves.

I absolutely agree! For me this issue is accomplished. Thank you.

[CCleaner confuses HDD with SSD]

Oh yes it's true: Windows thinks it is an SSD too. So CCleaner seems to blindly accept the information from Windows. By the way: the tool HWINFO does not rely on Windows but provides to correct disk type information. Ok, I can cope with it. But it would be a nice feature for a future version of CCleaner, wouldn't it?

Thank you and kind regards
Chris

[CCleaner confuses HDD with SSD]

I am using CCleaner > Drive-Wiper in order to securely delete external hard disks. Each time I plug in an external USB harddisk, CCleaner persistently wants to stop me from erasing this device. It claims that the plugged in device is an SSD, but in fact it is not. It is a SATA harddisk. CCleaner seems to be unable to distinct between HDD and SSD. Is that so?

Thank you and kind regards
Chris