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marshalmelow   02-01-2012 at 03:36:46 PM

im wondering if a free space wipe on CCleaner give me more HDD space, and possibly speed up my boot time? thanks

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Realbeast   02-01-2012 at 04:51:34 PM

I think that the answer to both is no. CCleaner will give you more space by emptying caches and temp files, but the free space wipe is only a security feature.

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