AlanHo Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Out of curiosity I did a check on the amount of rubbish claimed to have been removed by CCleaner versus the extra free space which appeared on my C: drive after it was run.Before....I ran CCleaner - windows explorer showed that the C: drive had 68,929,359,872 bytes of used space.After......I ran CCleaner - windows explorer showed that the C: drive had 68,767,039,488 bytes of used space.Hence reduction in space used on C: drive was................................................162,320,384 bytes of used spaceCCleaner reported that it had removed 22,070 MB from the C: drive.I ran CCleaner again and windows explorer now showed that the C: drive had 68,756,869,120 bytes of used spaceThis was a further reduction of..................................................10,170,368 bytes of used spaceCCleaner reported that this time it removed 2.75 MB from the C: driveCan one of our experts please show me how you reconcile these figures. There appears to be a large difference in the space actually created on the hard drive compared with the amount claimed by CCleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 That would be a good question to ask at http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showforum=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I just use it and am happy that the computer is tidied up and running well. Aren't you worrying too much and getting too involved in technicalities? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 That would be a good question to ask at http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showforum=4Thanks for the suggestion - I have now done that.I just use it and am happy that the computer is tidied up and running well. Aren't you worrying too much and getting too involved in technicalities? :DI'm not worrying - but I like to know more about how things work. As stated in my post I am just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Someone ( :) ) over at the CCleaner forum has suggested that it might be caused by "slack space". If your cluster size is rather large on your C: drive, that may explain the huge difference between CCleaner's claim and the actual freed disk space (that includes slack space). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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