Miroku4444 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 I got a question about drive wiper. What is the difference between using the wipe free space in the drive wiper .VS the wipe free space under the windows tab? Do they do the same thing?? Also i noticed a graphic mistake in the ccleaner icon. Missing some red here. Looks like it wasn't totally filled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 There's no difference. Which is why I posted a suggestion to remove WFS from the Cleaner section. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miroku4444 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 There's no difference. Which is why I posted a suggestion to remove WFS from the Cleaner section. Id rather still have it there, as im staying out of the drive wiper section. If i accidentally hit wipe everything, i would die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 28, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 28, 2010 Id rather still have it there, as im staying out of the drive wiper section. If i accidentally hit wipe everything, i would die. There is 0 chance of that occuring as (even with hide warnings) you must type erase in the box before it will erase everything 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...
Miroku4444 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Ok, thanks. Thanks good to know. A great way to do it. Smart thinking guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmacattack07 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I, too, second leaving Wipe Free Space as an option under the Cleaner tool. I run the tool silently with a hot-key combination and the /AUTO parameter, and if you remove Wipe Free Space from the cleaner, then I will not be able to securely remove data silently and unattended. Unless there is a way to trigger the new secure wipe from a command parameter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I, too, second leaving Wipe Free Space as an option under the Cleaner tool. I run the tool silently with a hot-key combination and the /AUTO parameter, and if you remove Wipe Free Space from the cleaner, then I will not be able to securely remove data silently and unattended. Unless there is a way to trigger the new secure wipe from a command parameter... Maybe you could delete those files securly in the first place? Wiping the entire free space to erase a bunch of files is overkill IMHO. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmacattack07 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Maybe you could delete those files securly in the first place? Wiping the entire free space to erase a bunch of files is overkill IMHO. Overkill, quite possibly. Do you have a suggestion for securely deleting in the first place? How does one do that on Windows? All I know how to do is delete and then empty the recycle bin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Well, delete the files, and then run CCleaner with secure delete enabled. One of the things CCleaner cleans is the Recycle Bin Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I can't get Drive Wiper to work on either my Windows 7 laptop or Vista desktop PC. Here is what I am trying to do: On both laptop and PC I have a small partition I created called "Backup and Maintenance" which is where I download and keep all my program exe files as well as drivers and other files relating to my computer. It is this partition on both laptop and PC I am trying to wipe as a test. I started up CCleaner and chose Tools -> Drive Wiper then Wipe: Entire Drive Security: Simple Overwrite (1 pass) I then click on the appropriate drive and then click "Wipe" I type the word ERASE as prompted and click OK A progress bar headed "Formatting" appears very quickly followed by a Windows error box "CCleaner has stopped working" with the usual choice of "Check online for a solution and close the program" or "Close the program". "View problem details" shows the following on my Vista PC: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BEX Application Name: CCleaner.exe Application Version: 3.0.0.1303 Application Timestamp: 4cc867bb Fault Module Name: CCleaner.exe Fault Module Version: 3.0.0.1303 Fault Module Timestamp: 4cc867bb Exception Offset: 00047d8e Exception Code: c000000d Exception Data: 00000000 OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3 Locale ID: 2057 Additional Information 1: 7d6e Additional Information 2: a11fa91365189298221a0a41a982033b Additional Information 3: b121 Additional Information 4: 55b26c2b1c840eace7ba48766d585804 I haven't got access to my laptop at this moment but the details were much the same. Choosing the Free Space wipe only option in Drive Wiper works perfectly fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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