
If you know for sure that your hard drive is a conventional one, you can use the Security and Wipe functions in Drive Wiper, although Drive Wiper is limited to “1 pass”. This can also occur if your hard drive is misreporting itself to the computer. If this happens, CCleaner identifies the drive as a solid-state drive (for safety reasons). Sometimes CCleaner can't work out whether a drive is a solid-state drive or a conventional hard drive. Why is my hard drive shown as a solid-state drive? Because of this, solid-state drives include functionality to spread the 'writes' across the hard drive, stopping secure overwrite procedures from repeatedly writing over the same portion of your hard drive. The CCleaner download is fast and simple and the.

The download process is easy and once you have it installed on your computer you can customize your cleaning experience and create automated scans and reminders to keep your computer safe and secure. The number of times you 'write' data on a portion of a solid-state drive helps determine its lifespan. CCleaner is also perfect for business with options for cloud and defragmenting software as well. You can find out more in our article on Defraggler and SSDs. Note: We also don't recommend defragmenting SSDs due to the same lifespan concerns. The Wipe cleaning function in Drive Wiper always performs a “1-pass” wipe, but you can set the Security option to run additional passes for solid-state drives, but we don't recommend this. Options > Settings > Secure Deletion and Wipe Free Space drivesīecause of the potential impact on an SSD's lifespan, we limit the Drive Wiper tool to using a “1-pass” wipe on drives that CCleaner identifies as solid-state drives.Custom Clean > Windows tab > Advanced group > Wipe Free Space.The CCleaner functions that can impact an SSD's lifespan:

For more info on this, go to Wiping SSDs with CCleaner further down this page. CCleaner works with SSDs with some exceptions for Custom Clean and Drive Wiper.
