Defraggler - Wipe MFT Free Space......?

Defraggler - Wipe MFT Free Space....

I set it for 7 pass wipe, The disk is 300 gig..

The MFT file size is 3.87 gig is size...

There is no data on the Hard Drive, I moved all the Data to my new HDD,

and will be using it (this drive) for Large Image maps for texturing large 3D Models...

My question is, when its doing its wipe 24 hrs+....

My Ram usage goes up to 10+ gig......

I have 24 gig ram on my machine..

Is this Normal for a MFT wipe free space..

24 hrs +, and all the ram usage

System specs:

i7 970 CPU - OC'd to 4.1 GHz, Water Cooled
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R (Socket 1366)
24 GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 2000MHz
MS Windows XP 64-bit SP2
1954-GB Western Digital WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0
293-GB Western Digital WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U1 <<< This hard drive, MFT Wipe Free Space >>>>
488-GB Western Digital WDC WD5000KS-75MNB0
313-GB Western Digital WDC WD3200JD-22KLB0
244-GB Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00GVA0
391-GB Seagate ST3400632A

Mike

Are you saying your MFT is 3,87 GB in size? That's crazy.