Solved How do I remove deleted items??

[Layback Bear]

I think I know when I delete things they are still on the hard. They are there and can be wrote over. Is there a way to clean those things that can be wrote over? Does Ccleaner (clean free space) do that?

 

[Brink]

Hello LB,

Yes, CCleaner has a secure delete option that will write 0's over the data with X amount of passes that you specify. However, you have to let CCleaner say delete the files in the Recycle Bin instead for it to do so.



Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Layback Bear]

Thank you for getting back so quickly. Wipe free space also removes Recycle Bin contents; not the one on my desktop but the one used by the OS. Is that correct.

 

[Brink]

Yep, it will wipe out anything that you have selected to be deleted in the main CCleaner window.

 

[Layback Bear]

Thanks again. I going to wipe the free space, the last one on the bottom of the list.

 

[Brink]

Oh, I missed that option. That should allow you to secure wipe the free space on your HDD as well.

 

[Layback Bear]

Well I wiped the free space and it did remove all of $Recycle Bin. I really didn't need to do it for and reason I know of. I just wanted to see what would happen. Thanks again for your help. I checked and found that my restore points are still there.

 

[Brink]

You're welcome mate. Thank you for posting back with your results.