Mitch Maroni 3 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 As it took me too long I canceled the process. After thatI wanted to start it again, but there was no more access to the drive in my Windows 10. Any one have a suggestion what I can do? Thank you, Mitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted December 12, 2023 Moderators Share Posted December 12, 2023 Aborting/interrupting a drive wipe can cause issues, depending on just how it was done. A couple of questions, there are a number of different things may have happened here so the answers will help us give the right advice. 1- What size is the drive and is it a HDD or an SSD? 2a- Were you wiping the entire drive or just the Freespace? 2b- How many passes had you set? (One is sufficient and multiple passes just take more time, especially on the TB sized drives we can get nowadays). 3- How did you 'cancel' the wipe? (eg. Used the cancel button in Drive Wiper, closed the CCleaner window, ended task in Task Manager, switched off the computer, other?) 4- What message is Windows showing you when you try to access the drive, if it is showing one at all? PS. If it's connected by USB then I assume that you have tried simply unplugging/replugging it? IF it was an entire drive wipe then you are not bothered about saving any files, so the easiest option is probably to initialize/format the drive. (You may then want to wipe it again, 1-pass, to completion. Data can still be recovered from a reformatted drive - which can be useful at times). If it was a Freespace wipe then the best way now to save/recover the files that were on it will depend on the answers to the above. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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