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Wasn't talking about the portable edition on there with no installer. The slim edition with installer at the bottom. Half the size. I doubt it would have even worked properly had it been a partial download of the program.
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Where do deleted files go using CCleaner? I know if you delete them normally without CCleaner they are "gone" but still stay on your HD. I plan on deleting 30gb of old music, but I'd like to make sure they're GONE GONE
You are correct. Deleting files in Windows simply removes the file's address but it is still in tact on the HDD. CCleaner will overwrite the files with whatever method you choose fron 1 pass to the 35 pass Gutmann method although not all 35 passes still actually apply to modern HDD's.
For secure deletion I prefer to use the 7 pass Scnheier Algorithm in the Eraser software in that it first applies 2 overwrites and then 5 passes of pseudorandom data which makes the files about as gone gone as they are going to get.
~Maxx~
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So if I were to delete them using either CCleaner or Eraser, they wouldn't linger and affect my overall Performance, and I could 'overwrite' them with different music?
They shouldn't effect the performance in any case and all overwriting with CCleaner or Eraser will do is make them irretrievable by recovery software, nevertheless they will be written over again should your computer need that disk space.
~Maxx~
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