![]() ![]() For safety reasons, this feature is disabled for the boot or system hard drive. The drive will still be formatted, but all data will be erased. WARNING, this means the whole of the partition will be erased. Entire Drive will erase all of the files on the drive. Free Space Only will leave your personal files intact but will erase your deleted files.ī. Open CCleaner and click Tools then Drive Wiper. Method 2 (Manually wipe with Drive Wiper): Run CCleaner as usual by clicking Analyze then Run Cleaner. CCleaner displays a warning about extra time. Click the Windows tab, Scroll to bottom and select the Wipe Free Space check box. Open CCleaner, click the CCleaner icon at left if necessary. Method 1 (Automatically wipe when cleaning): Remember to delete any personal folders too. ![]() After saving your data you can then delete those files and finish by running Drive Wiper. Refer to my article in the April 2014 Guide & Digest “Moving Files from Windows XP to Windows 8.1”. If you are planning to dispose of your computer you may want to save your data files first. It’s best utilized when you are ready to dispose of your computer to prepare it for recycling. I don’t recommend that you use Drive Wiper as part of your normal monthly maintenance. For privacy and security reasons, you can set CCleaner to wipe the free areas of your hard disk so that deleted files can never be recovered. ![]() This means that, given the right software, someone could reconstruct all or parts of files that you’ve deleted. Over time, this data will be overwritten as Windows writes new files to that area of the drive. When you delete a file, Windows removes the reference to that file, but doesn’t delete the actual data that made up the file on your hard drive. Although the name sounds ominous it really is not a dangerous tool. One of the features built into CCleaner is called Drive Wiper. It’s use has been written about in my Guide and Digest articles and discussed at the PC Computer Club meetings. Most of you have at least heard of CCleaner, the junk file cleaner program. ![]()
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