fracTure Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Hi Guys, I did some (Google) research and it looks like maybe the older versions of CC could not wipe the OS drive, but the newer versions can? Is that correct? I figure the best place to ask this question is right here! Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted September 29, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 29, 2015 don't recall reading that in any recent change logs. and it would be very alarming if it did or even could. are you referring to wipe free space or wipe entire drive? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted September 29, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 29, 2015 I think what your are referring to is ccleaner not being able to do a full wipe on the hard drive currently running Windows. If you think about this, it makes perfect sense. Just as you cannot destroy a building that you are standing in, to do a full wipe on that drive would, of course, attempt to remove the environment that ccleaner is running in (as well as often times located on itself). Wipe Free Space works fine on a OS drive, though is highly destructive to run on regular basis; and regular ccleaner processes will only (for the most part) clean the drive assigned to program files (usually the same drive as the OS). 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...
fracTure Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Yes, and that is as I thought. I can either go with DBAN (this would be for several older XP machines prior to discarding), or I could manually delete sensitive files, then perform Wipe Free Space on the drives. That would probably serve my purpose. By the way, it is possible to "destroy a building that you are standing in", but I get the point you were making. Thank you for the responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted September 29, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 29, 2015 Really permanent storage of or physical destruction of drive is the only way to guarantee unrecoverable data. But either mounting the drive on a separate computer the wiping the drive should work (may need to delete the windows folder before the wipe but I cant remember) or, as you suggested, dban makes a fast job of it 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...
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