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Free Space Cleaning

  • January 6, 2016
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What happened to the utitlity that went over each sector of free space, sector by sector, on the hard drive and intensively cleaned it of old data?

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    Ssherjj
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    • Ssherjj
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    • January 6, 2016
    Hello rpmcq57,
     
    Welcome to the Webroot Community,
     
    WSAC has System Optimizer which does not clean free space. And there is System Cleaner Remotely
     
    Other then that I am not aware of Free space cleaning, You might just need a third party program for that.
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      Baldrick
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      • Baldrick
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      • January 6, 2016
      Hi rpmcq57
       
      Welcome to the Community Forums.
       
      Just to add to what Sherry has posted...WSA does indeed not provide a feature to securely wipe free space on a hard disk. There are several reputable applications out there that will do this but I suspect that the best one for you will be CCleaner, a general purpose system utility that does have such a feature hidden on it Tools > Drive Wiper. A number of members, including myself, regularly use CCleaner and it is a reputable app.
       
      As always I would counsel care when attempting any such cleaning, which can take a goodly deal of time depending on how much free space you have on the disk in question.
       
      Regards, Baldrick
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