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Windows 7: Is it safe to use tools like ccleaner on an SSD?
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13 Jan 2012
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
Is it safe to use tools like ccleaner on an SSD?
hi, I have just got myself an SSD, I know it is unwise to defrag it but can I use tools like ccleaner without damaging/harming it?
Thanks, | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz
Motherboard ASUS P5Q PRO Turbo
Memory OCZ Gold DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 8GB (4x2GB)
Graphics Card BFG GTS250 OC 1GB GDDR3
Monitor(s) Displays Dual (x2) Samsung SM2033SW 20"TFT
PSU OCZ Stealth XStream 700W PSU
Case Casecom KB-5510 Black/Silver Blue LED Mid Tower Case
Cooling Zalman CNPS7500-ALCU LED
Hard Drives 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD (OS Drive)
350GB - Internal (Storage)
500GB - Internal (Storage)
1TB - Internal (Storage)
500GB - External (Storage)
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13 Jan 2012
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#2 | |
W7 x64 3rd Rock from the Sun |
Yes. It's safe. However it's not recommended to use CC's registry cleaner module...  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus NOD32
Browser Opera
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
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13 Jan 2012
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
Thanks, is it registry clearners in general or just the cc one? | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz
Motherboard ASUS P5Q PRO Turbo
Memory OCZ Gold DDR2 1066MHz/PC2-8500 8GB (4x2GB)
Graphics Card BFG GTS250 OC 1GB GDDR3
Monitor(s) Displays Dual (x2) Samsung SM2033SW 20"TFT
PSU OCZ Stealth XStream 700W PSU
Case Casecom KB-5510 Black/Silver Blue LED Mid Tower Case
Cooling Zalman CNPS7500-ALCU LED
Hard Drives 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD (OS Drive)
350GB - Internal (Storage)
500GB - Internal (Storage)
1TB - Internal (Storage)
500GB - External (Storage)
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13 Jan 2012
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#4 | |
W7 x64 3rd Rock from the Sun |
My advice is to leave any registry cleaner well alone...  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built machine
OS W7 x64
CPU Intel Q9300 2.5Ghz Quad LGA775 (Would like Q9650)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP45T-UD3R (F6 Bios)
Memory 4Gb OCZ Gold 1,333Mhz
Graphics Card Palit HD4850 O/C Sonic 512Mb DDR3, Dual DViD's
Sound Card Azalia to twin Samson 50w Studio Monitors
Monitor(s) Displays Twin Dell (E-IPS) U2311H 23.6" Screens
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz
Keyboard Cherry PS/2 custom model
Mouse Lenovo USB laser "Thinkpad" Mouse
PSU OCZ 600w
Case Lian-Li PC8 acoustifoamed' aluminium tower
Cooling Scythe 140mm Zipang
Hard Drives Crucial M4 SSD, archives on twin Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX, 2TB, 7200rpm HDD's, Samsung Ritemaster CD/DVD Burner...
Internet Speed ADSL2+ @14Mbps downstream & Cat6 Gigabit Ethernet
Antivirus NOD32
Browser Opera
Other Info Silicon Dust HD Homerun Dual FTA (Ethernet) TV Tuners, Dray Tek Vigor 2850Vn router and 8x HP Gigabit Switch. Lian-Li CR26 Card Reader, Canon MF4430 iSensys laser printer/scanner.
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13 Jan 2012
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#5 | |
W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi Hafnarfjörður IS |
Hi there
Why on EARTH would you need to CCLEANER your machine --if your machine is that bad that you feel a need to do this then I would re-install Windows 7 again from scratch on your nice new SSD and add applications as and when you need them.
Cheers
jimbo | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built
OS W7 X-64 RTM,SUSE 11.1, XP PRO SP3 as a VM, VMware ESXi
CPU Q9400 QUAD
Motherboard P5QL-CM
Memory 8GB
Graphics Card On Motherborad
Sound Card Realtek HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays Apple Cinema display
Mouse Toshiba wireless laser
Hard Drives 4 X 1TB SATA
Internet Speed > 20MB up
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13 Jan 2012
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#6 | |
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er, jimbo - running ccleaner to get rid of some crap is slightly less time consuming than reinstalling the whole OS and software. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234
OS ultimate 64 sp1
CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53
Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card amd hd6950
Sound Card creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii
Mouse logitech g3
PSU antec 550
Case antec three hundred
Cooling i'm a cooling fan
Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
Internet Speed about 4 Mbps
Other Info i love win7
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13 Jan 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
I have use Ccleaner on my ssd without any problems. I do not use any registry cleaner. IMHO if one doesn't keep a ssd clean it will fill up with a lot of junk very quickly. Due to the small size of most ssd's it doesn't take long. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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14 Jan 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium |
Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear  I have use Ccleaner on my ssd without any problems. Same here with my Intel 320 SSD for almost a year now. Thanks to CCleaner there's still < 20GB on the drive.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP HPE 270f
OS Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
CPU Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.8 Ghz Socket 1366 LGA
Motherboard Pegatron Truckee v1.04E41
Memory 8 GB 1366 Mhz DDR3 (PC3-10700) RAM
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 5770 1 GB DDR5 RAM
Sound Card Realtech High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays 32" Sony Bravia
Screen Resolution 1366 X 768
Keyboard Logitech Illuminated
Mouse Logitech MX Revolution
Hard Drives Intel 25nm 120 GB Series 320 SSD HD Tune- 265 MBps Read/ 130 MBps Write
LaCie 1TB + 1TB RAID 0 eSATA Drive HD Tune- 160 MBps Read/ 90 MBps Write
Internet Speed 36.4 Mbps Maximum on a 37 Mbps Motorola SB501 Modem
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15 Jan 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
Use CCleaner regularly on my SSD with no issue. A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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15 Jan 2012
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate Scotland |
It's safe but unless you know what to delete and what not to delete, it's probably best to not use registry cleaners | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP
OS Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU DualCore Intel Pentium D 930, 3000 MHz (15 x 200)
Motherboard Asus P5LP-LE (Emery)
Memory 3x512MB DDR2
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX
Sound Card Realtek ALC882/D/M @ Intel 82801GB ICH7
Monitor(s) Displays Iiyama ProLite E2407HDS
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 70 Hz
Keyboard Hewlett Packard Wireless Ergo
Mouse Logitech USB Wheel Mouse
Hard Drives WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 ATA Device
Internet Speed 10mbps Download - 1mbps Upload
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