Computer will not boot after using the Wipe Free Space option

Good morning,

I am experimenting on a few computers with the Wipe Free Space option in Ccleaner. After running Ccleaner with the Wipe Free Space option checked, the computer will not boot. Prior to booting, the computer gave me an error message that there was no free disk space available and I needed to run windows cleanup.

I then tried to do a repair on it (the computer is a Windows Vista 32 bit computer) using my Vista 32 bit repair CD, but it would not repair. I then tried reverting back to a restore point (there were no restore points on this computer.)

I am now running a chkdsk /f. I then booted and it gave me the Microsoft Corporation progress bar, and then a black screen with a mouse cursor.

It does not progress beyond this point.

I suspect the MFT has been damaged. Is there any way I can recover from this without reloading the operating system?

Thank you for any suggestions you may be able to give me.

Mary

Have you tried Safe Mode yet??

Richard S.

If there's no free disk space them you may have somehow retained the large file(s) that wfs uses. There should be some very large files in the root folder with very long randomish names. Delete them. I don't know how you can boot into command mode in Vista to do this. Vista users?

I cannot boot into safe mode, or to a command prompt. I can get to a command prompt if I boot from my Vista repair CD. I got to the command prompt and there are no large files on the root of C:\, and it indicates I have 27 GB of free disk space.

Update: I ran the chksks /f again, and it now boots. This has been really weird

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Thanks everyone for your responses.

Mary