headley Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I've clicked the "Secure File Deletion(Slower)" button and selected each of the options in the drop down, but no matter what I select CCleaner just does a simple overwrite (1 pass). Am I doing something wrong? I've just downloaded and installed the latest version from the website 2.16.830. Thanks in advance... HG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Welcome headley Maybe they have fixed the multiple pass feature? Please read: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=20057 "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...
headley Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Understood YoKenny, but my concern is that if I'm setting an option and CC is just ignoring it then it might be ignoring other options I set. Should it be possible to do multiple overwrites? Thanks, HG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted February 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2009 What makes you think that you're only getting one pass? Is it the time it takes, or what's left in the file after deletion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headley Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 What makes you think that you're only getting one pass? Is it the time it takes, or what's left in the file after deletion? When I run the cleaner it says "333.3MB removed. Secure file deletion enabled - Simple Overwrite (1 pass)" No matter what the setting of security option it always has the above message (obviously the number of bytes changes). Regards, HG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted February 2, 2009 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2009 I have changed my secure delete to 7 passes and analysed and then deleted temp files. On both analysis and deletion CC stated 7 pass used. Does your analysis say multiple pass or one overwrite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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