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9th April 2009, 11:47 PM
|  | Security Team | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 2,555 posts. Location: Tulsa, OK Reputation:  | | Data Loss - Recovery & Prevention 
The newest version of CCleaner has a 'Wipe Free Space' option under the Advanced menu. That will overwrite anything that has been deleted and make it very, very difficult to recover anything.
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10th April 2009, 01:50 PM
|  | TST Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009, 103 posts. Location: New Jersey, USA Reputation: | | |
I have the latest vers. of CCleaner (2.18.878) and am wondering how to use it.
Once I have the files retrieved is it a drag and drop into CCleaner?
Some of the others have mentioned Secure Delete to retrieve them and Eraser to wipe them out. Your tutorial lists a few. What would be the one you'd recommend?
Regards
Len
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11th April 2009, 08:14 PM
| | Security Team | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 2,555 posts. Location: Tulsa, OK Reputation: | | Quote: |
Once I have the files retrieved is it a drag and drop into CCleaner?
| I'm not sure I understand. Are you trying to retrieve deleted files or permanently remove them?
If trying to remove them then just empty your recycle bin and then run the 'Wipe Free Space' option under the Advanced menu in CCleaner. It will overwrite all of the free space on your disk and make finding deleted files much harder if not impossible.
The only way to know that a file can not be ever found again is by destroying the hard drive. BUT, just using an eraser tool is usually enough. The tools used that can find deleted, erased and overwritten files are usually only available to a forensics lab used by law enforcement.
There is also a 'File Shredder' included with Spybot S&D.
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11th April 2009, 08:17 PM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Jul 2008, 8,171 posts. Location: UK Norfolk ..... Reputation: | | |
It seems time consuming Kevin
Is it really neccessary ?
I can see where some people might want to erase certain files
Banking information ETC
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11th April 2009, 08:19 PM
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Yes the CCleaner option is. The Spybot shredder will do only one file if you wish so is much faster.
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11th April 2009, 08:21 PM
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Well Len armed with the knowledge you now have its up to you
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11th April 2009, 08:23 PM
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A defrag will usually make finding anything deleted very hard also...
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12th April 2009, 05:04 AM
| | TST Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009, 103 posts. Location: New Jersey, USA Reputation: | | |
OK boys and girls, let me see if even I understand this.
Over time I have deleted 100's, probably 1000's of files which can be retrieved
by an application designed to do so.
What you are saying is that all I have to do to make them really gone is open CCleaner and run the "'Wipe Free Space' option under the Advanced menu in CCleaner." And, "It will overwrite all of the free space on your disk and make finding/retrieving deleted files much harder if not impossible."
Once again I'm going to sound like the computer no-nothing that I am, by asking a basic question. Your telling me that certain areas of my HD are not really free space at all but hold this data that I've deleted previously, and that if I run the 'Wipe Free Space' option it will not wipe anything other than that data that has already been deleted and now resides there?
Donna, this sounds LESS time consuming than if I had to download and run an app. to bring back the data and then run CCleaner (which I really respect and also fear to some degree) or Eraser to erase it. If I'm understanding it right it will get rid of the stuff permanently without touching anything else.
The reason I'm asking for clarity here is that everyone here has preached care when doing this and I don't want to wipe my F drive of all the stored music on it.
Just the free space holding the unwanted/discarded data.
Another thought here. When I delete music from my F drive it goes to the recycle bin on the C drive. So which 'free space' is it now residing in? F: or C:
Geez, I hope his makes sense to somebody.....lol. I'm just home from work at 1am and getting bug-eyed here.
Regards
Len
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14th April 2009, 05:19 AM
| | TST Member | | Join Date: Jan 2009, 103 posts. Location: New Jersey, USA Reputation: | | |
Just to follow up on this. I used an application called 'Recover Files' which got a nice revue on Cnet and found a ton of stuff on the F drive. I then ran Eraser to wipe the free space on the drive and then checked by running Recover Files again and then double checked with another app. called 'Recuva'.
They both show the free space wiped clean.
I tried twice to download and run Sdelete but could not get it to run for me. Don't know why.
Regards
Len
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