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HDD Free space clean/clear


rnsaza

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If this is not done by CCleaner I think it would be a great safety feature.

 

As far as I know free or available remaining space on a HDD is not truly blank but contains recoverable information that may be of a sensitive or private nature.

 

A facility to securely clean, over write or "format" the unused portion of a HDD only, making the free portion of a HDD truly clean would be a valuable tool for those who store or have stored privileged information on a PC, notebook or other. Without such a tool his information could be recovered and used in the event that a pc is lost, stolen or violated.

 

I look forward to comments in this regard.

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This has been discussed before (do a search for more info). In general there are (many) progs that do just this, and it isn't really what CC is trying to do. To each his own.

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You can also significantly reduce the amount of recoverable data with a few straightforward steps (this is what I do as a matter of routine):

 

Use CCleaner's secure delete.

Use Eraser to right click erase files instead of right click delete (personally I only ever recommend Eraser 5.7, not 5.8 for reasons far too long to go into here).

Use Recuva once a month to secure delete all recoverable files (which is a hundred times faster than erasing the entire disks free space).

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