I had someone install a SSD in my old Gateway GT 5656. Along with major upgreads in RAM,etc.
He left the HDD in for what he said would be back up if the SSD ever crashed.
Well after that I could still hear the HDD spinning like crazy most of the time.
I’m having a hard time trusting him because of some things I overheard in a brief conversation he was having with his friend..
So I started a free trial with Webroot Complete and after a few adjustments the program was able to make the "listening connections" were gone and the pc runs silently.
Im very happy with that.
But......... I would like to wipe the free space on the old HDD.
It says it will take 5 hours. I dont see the option here so I will be using CCleaner. Is this safe to do ?
Would you consider doing if it was you ?
Thank you,
Gunner
Wiping a old HDD ?
+34Hi Gunner
I have used CCleaner to wipe the free space on my hard drives in the past and it has always worked fine, so I would say it is perfectly safe.
Nemo
I have used CCleaner to wipe the free space on my hard drives in the past and it has always worked fine, so I would say it is perfectly safe.
Nemo
+7Hi Gunner,
CCleaner will do a fine job. I have used it many times to wipe free space, especially prior to a complete defrag.
If security is a concern be sure to check the option to wipe the MFT and use at least an advanced overwrite of 3 passes.
Note:
Prior to a complete defrag, to ensure maximum contiguous space is available, I use a simple overwite with the MFT option to ensure the complete deleted file names are overwritten and that space is truly free. That really allows the defrag to pack it tight.
Best Regards,
Dave
CCleaner will do a fine job. I have used it many times to wipe free space, especially prior to a complete defrag.
If security is a concern be sure to check the option to wipe the MFT and use at least an advanced overwrite of 3 passes.
Note:
Prior to a complete defrag, to ensure maximum contiguous space is available, I use a simple overwite with the MFT option to ensure the complete deleted file names are overwritten and that space is truly free. That really allows the defrag to pack it tight.
Best Regards,
Dave
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