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Hello,
I have a little problem:
I have the latest version of CCleaner which I use quite regularly, and I've noticed that this software can clean free space.
What is free space? I understood that it consists of already deleted files but still present...
When I run this cleaning, it tells me that I have 64,000 MB of free space, or 64 GB :O
However, that is precisely the free space of my hard drive...
Then, during the cleaning process, I check my HDD, refresh it, and the more the cleaning progresses, the less free space I have available... (I don't know if you understood)
Anyway, I canceled out of fear of losing my available space.
Should I continue? Is this dangerous for my HDD?
Thank you for your responses.
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The last drop of oil will go into a tank...
I have a little problem:
I have the latest version of CCleaner which I use quite regularly, and I've noticed that this software can clean free space.
What is free space? I understood that it consists of already deleted files but still present...
When I run this cleaning, it tells me that I have 64,000 MB of free space, or 64 GB :O
However, that is precisely the free space of my hard drive...
Then, during the cleaning process, I check my HDD, refresh it, and the more the cleaning progresses, the less free space I have available... (I don't know if you understood)
Anyway, I canceled out of fear of losing my available space.
Should I continue? Is this dangerous for my HDD?
Thank you for your responses.
--
The last drop of oil will go into a tank...
Configuration: Intel Core 2 Duo (2.00 GHz) Nvidia 9800GT 512MB 2 GB of RAM
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Hello!
http://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/wiping-free-disk-space
"Lorsque vous supprimez un fichier, Windows supprime la référence à ce fichier, mais ne supprime pas les données réelles qui constituaient le fichier sur votre disque dur. Au fil du temps, ces données seront écrasées à mesure que Windows écrit de nouveaux fichiers dans cette zone du disque.
Cela signifie que, avec le bon logiciel, quelqu'un pourrait reconstruire tout ou partie des fichiers que vous avez supprimés. Pour des raisons de confidentialité et de sécurité, vous pouvez configurer CCleaner pour qu'il nettoie les zones libres de votre disque dur afin que les fichiers supprimés ne puissent pas être récupérés."
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When you delete a file, Windows removes the link to that file, but doesn't delete the actual data of the file on your hard drive. Over time, this data will be erased, and Windows will write over it if it needs to write new files in that part of the hard drive.
This means that, with the right software, someone could recover all parts of the file you deleted. For your privacy and security reasons, you can configure CCleaner to wipe the free space on your hard drive so that deleted files are not recoverable.
Not necessarily very useful therefore, it all depends on you. And I doubt that this is the most effective security. I believe that NASA or something like that actually melted their hard drives...
Regarding the issue of decreasing space, I suppose CCleaner rewrites over the empty space and then deletes that data afterwards.
You have a lot of future behind you.
http://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/wiping-free-disk-space
"Lorsque vous supprimez un fichier, Windows supprime la référence à ce fichier, mais ne supprime pas les données réelles qui constituaient le fichier sur votre disque dur. Au fil du temps, ces données seront écrasées à mesure que Windows écrit de nouveaux fichiers dans cette zone du disque.
Cela signifie que, avec le bon logiciel, quelqu'un pourrait reconstruire tout ou partie des fichiers que vous avez supprimés. Pour des raisons de confidentialité et de sécurité, vous pouvez configurer CCleaner pour qu'il nettoie les zones libres de votre disque dur afin que les fichiers supprimés ne puissent pas être récupérés."
==>
When you delete a file, Windows removes the link to that file, but doesn't delete the actual data of the file on your hard drive. Over time, this data will be erased, and Windows will write over it if it needs to write new files in that part of the hard drive.
This means that, with the right software, someone could recover all parts of the file you deleted. For your privacy and security reasons, you can configure CCleaner to wipe the free space on your hard drive so that deleted files are not recoverable.
Not necessarily very useful therefore, it all depends on you. And I doubt that this is the most effective security. I believe that NASA or something like that actually melted their hard drives...
Regarding the issue of decreasing space, I suppose CCleaner rewrites over the empty space and then deletes that data afterwards.
You have a lot of future behind you.
Thank you for your thorough response :)
As for me, I will refrain from melting my hard drive ^^
In the end, I will skip this cleaning, I'm the only user and there's nothing of Secret Defense on my computer :p
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The last drop of oil will go into a tank...