Uplinked Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Today I was running CCleaner and wiped all of my free space. I thought this would clear up some old files up but instead filled my local disk with tons of GB of who knows what. I panicked and stopped the command and used a restore point, but the space is still full of... who knows what. How do you undo this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 . . . I panicked and stopped the command . . . Aborting wipe prevents CC from deleting the cache. If rebooting computer does not retrieve the lost space, delete this folder or file . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uplinked Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hey, A reboot didn't retrieve the lost space, and I don't have a partition, where can I find the file/folder at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hey, A reboot didn't retrieve the lost space, and I don't have a partition, where can I find the file/folder at? Every lettered drive is a partition, however the file/folder will be at the root (highest level, in no folders) of the drive you wiped ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uplinked Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Immediately after I stopped the scan, I loaded an old restore point, would that interfere somehow? Because I am still unable to find the folders, but I feel I'm probably just incompetent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uplinked Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 A while back, I wiped the free space on my hard drive. At the time, I hadn't known that CCleaner filled the space with files, then deleted them once it was done. In the middle of the process I stopped the command, then used a restore point. The space is still filled after restarting and shutting down. I'm unable to find the zzzzzzz.zzz files no matter where I look. They are supposed to be at the top of whatever drive I wiped, but I can't seem to find them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Locations: folders in C: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted January 19, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2015 Try enabling the view of 'Hidden Files and Folders' in Windows. Alternatively allowing CCleaner to finish the Wipe Free Space should remove them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 19, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2015 (pre-merge reply) Try to rerun the wipe freespace and allow it to finish ccleaner should cleanup itself doing this (I don't use the WFS feature so I don't have 1st hand experience with this solution but I believe that is the correct method for your issue). ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 19, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2015 threads merged ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uplinked Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Rerunning CCleaner didn't help. I enabled 'Hidden Files and Folders but to no prevail I cannot find the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Download TreeSize Free or WinDirStat to point you in the direction of the largest folders on your machine winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uplinked Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Download TreeSize Free or WinDirStat to point you in the direction of the largest folders on your machine I am so grateful, for you and everyone else's help. TreeSize helped me get my space back and I am so happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted January 30, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 30, 2015 Just to know, where did treesize find the file? ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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