nothnless Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I have used the search tool for this forum and found a question that apparently cant be answered but I guess I'll try my luck anyway. I'm using Vista business 32 bit. I have a 500gb hard drive but after running Wipe Free Space, all of the space on the drive shows its used and wipe free is hung up at 100%. I use to think this was a great product but setting here thinking I will have to reinstall windows leads me to believe that it simply sucks azz. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Wiping the free space overwrites it all with a series of 1's and 0's (or a blank file, or something else) because when you "delete" a file, its' just marked as useable space for the operation system. The reason that it says all your space is used is because its' at 100%, and is in the process of deleting the blank files it just wrote. I wouldn't recommend using your computer while free space is wiped, to be honest. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothnless Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Wiping the free space overwrites it all with a series of 1's and 0's (or a blank file, or something else) because when you "delete" a file, its' just marked as useable space for the operation system. The reason that it says all your space is used is because its' at 100%, and is in the process of deleting the blank files it just wrote. I wouldn't recommend using your computer while free space is wiped, to be honest. Okay cool but now I guess I have a bigger problem. I noticed how it went back and deleted the blank files after it was done. Unfortunately this was my second attempt. The first time I did the Wipe Free Space I canceled it after like 80% because it was taking so long. So when I did it again, it did not delete the blank files. My hard drive shows like 90% is used. How can I delete these blank files? can I do a defrag? can I do it manually some how? thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted November 12, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 12, 2009 find and delete the files. They will be at the root of your system drive (usually c:\) and be a random string of characters Use Shift+Delete as to not just send them to the recycle bin (Insert Nergal's usual Gripe about WFS being a part of ccleaners) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothnless Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 find and delete the files. They will be at the root of your system drive (usually c:\) and be a random string of charactersUse Shift+Delete as to not just send them to the recycle bin (Insert Nergal's usual Gripe about WFS being a part of ccleaners) It seems impossible to find. What folder do you think it will be in? Would it be in c:\windows? There is nothing in just c:\ but a list of my folders such as windows, users, program files etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothnless Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Can a CC Admin please tell me what these files might be called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothnless Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 I found it thanks for every ones help the problem is resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlshosting Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 It filled my space too. I canceled it before it did it and unchecked the wipe free space box and ran ccleaner again. My space went back to normal after I did that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 wiping free space creates a temp file. If interupted for what ever reason this file will be left. download and run http://windirstat.info/ It will show you the file thats taking up the memory. Great app to be on your pc any way No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 It filled my space too. I canceled it before it did it and unchecked the wipe free space box and ran ccleaner again. My space went back to normal after I did that. probably because you had the temp files box ticked winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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