dalek kahn Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hi. I am new to CCleaner. I downloaded it and found it excellent.I also downloaded Recuva and found I could not clean everything.Why? Is there a solution? I would be glad to get some advice. Email address edited out by moderator to avoid spamming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Do you mean, that brings up after a secure deletion? Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalek kahn Posted July 11, 2008 Author Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hi.I am new to CCleaner. I downloaded it and found it excellent.I also downloaded Recuva and found I could not clean everything.Why? Is there a solution? I would be glad to get some advice. Dalek Kahn Yes.Glad for your help. Thanks for all the advice.How do I use secure deletion on CCleaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted July 11, 2008 Moderators Share Posted July 11, 2008 My advice would be to edit your email address out of your posts. Recuva will not secure delete smaller files (1k or so) as they can be held in the MFT which is, as far as Recuva goes, inviolable. You will however get a message regarding this when you attempt the delete. Recuva will not appear to delete files which have been overwritten by subsequent live files, as you will in effect be looking at the live file. It will overwrite the 'spare' parts of the old file though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted July 11, 2008 Moderators Share Posted July 11, 2008 Actually re-reading your post and thread title, do you mean that you are deleting files using CC and then discovering them with Recuva? CC with normal deletion will delete files just as if you had shift/del'd them yourself. They will be identifiable and recoverable with Recuva. Using CC with secure deletion (one pass please) will rename the files and overwrite them with binary zeroes, so you will not be able to identify them easily with Recuva, and not recover them at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarq57 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Why "(one pass please)" Augeas, rather than 3 or 7? (or 35?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Why "(one pass please)" Augeas, rather than 3 or 7? (or 35?) One pass is enough unless you know of someone with very sophisticated data recovery software or you are afraid that the CIA, FBI or Interpol have you on their "Most Wanted" list? "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarq57 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Sure. (They don't. At least, I don't think so.) But using three (if the user chooses) won't affect the result, correct? Just take slightly longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalek kahn Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Actually re-reading your post and thread title, do you mean that you are deleting files using CC and then discovering them with Recuva? CC with normal deletion will delete files just as if you had shift/del'd them yourself. They will be identifiable and recoverable with Recuva. Using CC with secure deletion (one pass please) will rename the files and overwrite them with binary zeroes, so you will not be able to identify them easily with Recuva, and not recover them at all. Thanls for the advice.How do I use secure deletion On CCleaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Welcoem to Piriform dalek kahn. Thanls for the advice.How do I use secure deletion On CCleaner? Open up CC and click on Options and Settings. In the Secure deletion option buttons select the one you want to use but as it says Secure file deletion is slower. Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalek kahn Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 Welcome to Piriform dalek kahn. Open up CC and click on Options and Settings. In the Secure deletion option buttons select the one you want to use but as it says Secure file deletion is slower. Secure deletion works. Thanks everyone.sorry about clumsy messages. Excellent tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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