Delete or Shred?

[stuyoung1]

Does CCleaner delete files, info, etc or does it shred the info so that it cannot be recovered?? Thanks.

[davey]

Does CCleaner delete files, info, etc or does it shred the info so that it cannot be recovered?? Thanks.

Hi Stu,

It deletes and will also "overwrite" what it deletes if you set the option to do so.

Good luck,

davey

http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com/

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[stuyoung1]

Hi Stu,

It deletes and will also "overwrite" what it deletes if you set the option to do so.

Good luck,

davey

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Davey....Thanks for the help. In the Beginners Guide I found the following and set the option to NSA (7 passes):

 

Secure Deletion (Changing the option here will allow for secure file deletion)

 

Normal file deletion (Faster) - Default

Simple Overwrite (1 pass)

DOD 5220.22-M (3 passes)

NSA (7 passes)

Gutmann (35 passes)

 

I assume this is the correct option. Thanks again. Stu

[Andavari]

On modern drives and OSes with NTFS "Simple Overwrite (1 pass)" is more than enough to suffice.