KenW Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I got Cryptwall and don't want to take a chance of infecting my external usb drive. KenW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted December 10, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2015 What's the bug being reported? Are you attempting to ask the question posed in your subject-line? If so, I assume this would work, though, without either doling out Malware advice (forbidden on the forum) or suggesting competition per se, You're better off making (on a separate pc preferably) a Derek's DBAN live cd and wiping the drive that way; malware can hide in RAM and reapply itself within windows sessions. http://www.dban.org/ 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...
Moderators Augeas Posted December 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2015 If you're trying to wipe a system drive (it's far from clear what you are proposing) then no, CC won't do it for a start, and if it did then it wouldn't like the O/S disappearing from under it's feet. If it's not a system drive then you can run CC from anywhere (else). Why not just format the drive. If you run a low-level format (or whatever it's called, the long one) then all sectors will be set to zero (post XP). More or less fool-proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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