Having been a 'satisfied customer' for many years, I now have a surprising issue.Running CC on a Samsung Netbook with XP, 1.6 Ghz processor and 1GB RAM, and using the seven times overwrite setting, meant that 2,500 files would be cleared in ten minutes.I'm now running a new desktop with Windows 8 ,4.5Ghz processor and 32GB of RAM - with the same settings, it now takes over an hour to clear the same number of files.So - why is CC taking so much longer on a far more powerful, and faster, PC?
You really don't need to overwrite 7 times. One time is good enough.
To answer the Original Poster's question without evasion. There could be a number of reasons.
1- Different storage sub-system, SSD or Mechanical HDD
2- Some sort of VSS that is keeping track of changes.
3- A running in-situ backup program. May coincide with #2.
4- Problem or configuration issue with the storage sub-system.
5- Caching issues.
The Original Poster will need to begin investigating and comparing those aspects above against the lesser machine which is performing better.
I will agree though that 7x pass is overkill. 1x wiping is all you need unless you're protecting against security agencies. And then, of course, they'll know the areas of the system the CCleaner doesn't wipe. They'll know to look there for whatever evidence you're trying to hide.
If that's the situation, you need a whole different action plan.
1x wiping is all you need unless you're protecting against security agencies. And then, of course, they'll know the areas of the system the CCleaner doesn't wipe. They'll know to look there for whatever evidence you're trying to hide.
If that's the situation, you need a whole different action plan.
Of course if someone were trying to hide something from a security agency we can never give them any clues, help, or tips on this forum.
Absolutely not!
Sorry to say this but It is crazy to compare 2500 'XP files with 2500 '8 files.
The important thing is not the number of files being over-written but the total size that is over-written,
and the minimum partition size of C:\ is far smaller for XP than later systems because the Operating System is much smaller and creates a smaller amount of smaller temporary files.
A three fold increase in CPU clock speed will not make your HDD rotate any faster.
Your 32 fold increase in amount of RAM is not going to have any effect because the files are not being read into RAM.
Hi, Custard40.
Hazelnut is onto the key issue, don't bother with 7 overwrites, just use 1 for everyday cleaning.
Still it seems like an hour is too long.
I have no experience with 7 overwrites time requirements, so can't say for sure ... maybe some other member would know.
For what its worth, the newer versions of CCleaner take a tiny bit longer on my same old winxp computer.
The difference may be tiny because I don't let many files build up.
So, same computer, newer version, tiny bit longer.