Dicehunter Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Hi all, How much does using the secure erase feature of ccleaner effect the health of a hard drive ? Any info is appreciated =Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.80GHZ=Asus Sabertooth Mark I Z97=Avexir Blitz 1.1 Original 16GB 2500MHZ=Asus Xonar Phoebus==Asus GTX 780 Ti 3GB 1300/3800=Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB=Corsair Graphite Black 780 T=Windows 8.1 Enterprise 64 B.E= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted September 28, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2014 If you mean secure file erase CC overwrites the file with zeroes (one pass only), renames it and then deletes it. So not a lot more than an additional edit/save and rename. If you mean wipe free space then all free clusters are overwritten with zeroes. So the same as an additional edit/save. In my opinion the effects are negligible on an hdd, unless you're running WFS on an hourly basis, and even then the effects are not much. On an SDD it's entirely different, and in general terms don't use either secure file erase or WFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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