CCleaner v2.29.111 does not wipe free space

One of the features I have enjoyed most about CCleaner is the ability to wipe free space, especially in the MFT. However, in the titular version, CCleaner simply skips over this step, even when it is the only cleaning step selected. Typically, I have most of the checkboxes selected in both the Windows and Applications tabs.

I have tried deselecting then reselecting the checkbox and it still does not work.

Possibly interesting specs (gotten using Speccy :D ):

Operating System

MS Windows XP 64-bit SP2

CPU

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 47 ?C

Kentsfield 65nm Technology

RAM

8.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 412MHz 6-6-6-18

Motherboard

ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K (LGA775)

Graphics

DELL 2408WFP @ 1920x1200

512MB ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (ATI) 54 ?C

Hard Drives

200GB Western Digital WDC WD2000JD-22HBB0 (IDE) 39 ?C

Optical Drives

LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S SCSI CdRom Device

Audio

ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio - ATI AA01

Sorry for not answering your question but what is "titular version"

Sorry for not answering your question but what is "titular version"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titular

Wow that didn't help figure out what the OP meant at all :(

ummm how often are you running WFS? perhaps there's not much that needs wiping

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/titular. Titular essentially means "that which pertains to the title." I did not want to say "CCleaner v2.29.111" when it was already in the title, so I said "titular version" instead. Apparently, some people more learned than I have discouraged the word for my usage, and now I can see why. Sorry for the confusion.

@Nergal: I tend to use WFS every week or so because I typically create and delete a lot of files each week for work. I have found that using WFS helps Defraggler perform better, so I like to do it often. Every time WFS has worked visibly, it has taken several hours to run, as I have tens of gigabytes of free space on my computer. The fact that the cleaning is reporting as being finished in 3 milliseconds without reporting the WFS as having even started is what lead me to conclude that WFS is not working in v2.29.111.

Let me preempt a question by saying that I use the Gutmann secure deletion option in WFS.

So, is this a bug, or has how the tool works been changed?

Hi gamecoder, and welcome to Piriform.

That's a nice word. Worthy of a mention here:

I don't use either "Wipe" features, but I do believe you have to have both MFT and a drive selected.

A long discussion about it here:

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=27221&hl=

... and here:

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=26939

The Piriform docs can read a little ambiguous, but I think they actually confirm this:

http://docs.piriform.com/ccleaner/ccleaner...leaner-settings

Hope that helps.