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    SSD secure data 'overwriting' (ccleaner)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jimmiem, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. jimmiem

    jimmiem Notebook Guru

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    With an SSD drive, is ccleaner's "secure delete" function, where it would overwrite the files multiple times to destroy your data, just a useless function? Or worse, a dangerous function?

    I assume it wouldn't work and would also shorten the lifespan of the SSD unnecessarily.
     
    jimmiem, Sep 22, 2008
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  2. temagic

    temagic Notebook Consultant

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    For all practicality, useless... As to dangerous, your drive should handre many, many, many rewrites...
     
    temagic, Sep 22, 2008
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    I dunno about the secure delete function, but you can use Eraser to bury data in specific folders, or in a whole drive. Normally a 3 Pass DoD is more than enough, or you can use Guttmann's for overkill.
     
    Andy, Sep 22, 2008
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