mofokozmo Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 will I wipe out files if I run the "wipe free space" option or will this just do a more thorough job of cleaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardab Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 It's my understanding that if something is written to a drive - then deleted - it still remains on the drive until that space is overwritten. All a wipe does is remove what was once there completely - writing the drive to 0's. I may be wrong, but I'm sure someone will let us both know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Please use the Search feature before posting. EDIT: Decided to do it for you: http://docs.piriform.com/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/wiping-free-disk-space Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 will I wipe out files if I run the "wipe free space" option or will this just do a more thorough job of cleaning? No you wont loose any files. You dont need to run wfs unless you are selling your computer and worried about sensative data being recovered. No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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