Hi, I just learned about fsutil file createnew C:\Blank.File 10000000.
I created a 50gb file in 1 second I went to properties and it said its 50gb size on disk.
CCleaner takes a good hour and a half for 70gb fsutil takes 1 second..
I was wondering the difference between the two other then CCleaner being exact and fsutil having to manually enter size.
Please tell me the difference between the two.
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Wipe Free Space Vs. fsutil
Started by ►►G4Oblivion◄◄, Jul 11 2009 06:14 AM
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 07:18 AM
Probably the difference between allocating and overwriting. For a start, CC will write 70 gb of zeroes on your disk, which is no mean task. And Fsutil? As far as I can see it will create a few entries in the various file and space management tables, and write no data at all.
