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    Should one wipe free space on an SSD?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by King of Interns, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Any thoughts? Just found this feature on ccleaner and wonder whether it does anything..
     
    King of Interns, Feb 27, 2009
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    neenee Notebook Consultant

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    Wiping free space is done if the user is worried that sensitive data might be recovered after deletion. It's up to you whether or not to use this feature ;)
     
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    have you beel looking at kinky stuff ;) ?
     
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  4. King of Interns

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    Ha ha, you bet! ;)

    Seems to improve performance a little
     
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    Wiping and SSD - which means letting a program create fake files to cover deleted files is not that big a deal unless you are worried about security - on the other hand SSD's only have a certain lifespan of writes, so you are killing it faster each time you do that.
     
    jnickell, Feb 27, 2009
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