Ccleaner Wipe Free Space

Wipe free space is separate from wmft as cc writes large files of zeroes over every free cluster it can find until the disk is full then it deletes those files.

Ccleaner wipe free space. Then open the program to get its main interface. This is more or less how cc and recuva work based on posts in this forum. Run ccleaner as usual.

Ccleaner displays a warning about extra time. To wipe your drive using erase freespace. Click tools and then click erase free space.

In ccleaner click the custom clean icon on the left. On the windows tab select the wipe free space check box. Pass refers to how many times ccleaner writes over the spot on the hard drive.

It will highlight the tab wipe at the bottom. Ccleaner wipe free space step 1. Open ccleaner select tools and go to drive wiper.

It will take you to a window that asks you to choose free space only or entire drive on the wipe tab. In ccleaner click the ccleaner icon at left. Manual wiping of free space.

Choose the type of security you require see here for more information about erase methods. Ccleaner displays a warning about extra time. Those large files can be seen and i believe secure deleted with recuva but it would be pointless to do that.