8 replies to this topic

[n8chavez]

When will secure erasing be implemented in CCleaner?

[englishmen]

When MrG has finsihed developing it. Use Eraser until then.

[kai445]

englishmen, on Jan 8 2006, 10:06 AM, said:

When MrG has finsihed developing it. Use Eraser until then.

I was just going to request the same feature. I'm glad to hear he is working on it.

[thebeana]

woops, i just suggested it again, sorry, (i probably should have done a bit of reading before i posted).
can't wait untill it's there.

[JDPower]

englishmen, on Jan 8 2006, 10:06 AM, said:

When MrG has finsihed developing it. Use Eraser until then.

How safe is Eraser for for overwriting free disk space? I've had the program for a while but never had the guts to use this feature as I'm worried it might do harm.

[englishmen]

It uses the same methods for overwriting free space as it does for erasing files and folders. Unless your a criminal of some sort and had your pc seized and inspected for criminal evidence. You then got a heavy sentence i think it would be safe to assume it didn't work. As your not a criminal(are you?) then i think its more then good enough to securely delete files(including free space) you may wish to delete.

[JDPower]

englishmen, on Jan 12 2006, 08:46 AM, said:

As your not a criminal(are you?)

Not as far as I know

[Eldmannen]

Dont have to be a criminal to be privacy minded or have a tad bit paranoia.

[englishmen]

I know im paranoid as hell, why do you thing i use ccleaner, eraser etc. . What i was trying to saying is that you don't know if eraser is actually making the files unrecoverable unless your pc gets inspected by file recovery experts.