Drive wiper not responding

[Larry Cleans]

Trying to wipe data off of an external hard drive before trashing it.  However, when I select it and "Submit," nothing happens, no warning, etc.

[mta]

g'day Larry and welcome.

what is your CC and OS versions?
when you say Submit, I assume you mean the Wipe button.

why not just low-level format the drive from File Explorer.  (right click drive, Format, untick Quick Format, Start)
the end result will be the same.

[Larry Cleans]

cc 5.44.X      on WIN10/64.

While replying to your post, I went back to the software and fired it up again to check whether the word was "submit" or "wipe".   Then I clicked it again to confirm that it would do nothing, and surprise!  It's now wiping the drive clean.

As for your suggestion, thank you, but I paid good money for CCleaner and expect it to work as advertised.

[mta]

6 hours ago, Larry Cleans said:

As for your suggestion, thank you, but I paid good money for CCleaner and expect it to work as advertised.

no worries, glad it came good for you.