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13.7.1.3 Post-wiping actions
In the Post-wiping actions window, you can select actions to be performed on the partitions selected
for data destruction. Acronis DriveCleanser offers you three options:
 No action — just destroy data using the algorithm selected below
 Delete partition — destroy data and delete partition
 Format — destroy data and format partition (default).
13.7.2 System Clean-up
The System Clean-up wizard enables you to securely remove all traces of your PC actions, including
user names, passwords, and other personal information.
It can carry out the following operations:
 Securely destroy data in the Windows Recycle Bin
 Remove temporary files from appropriate Windows folders
 Clean up hard disk free space of any traces of information previously stored on it
 Remove traces of file and computer searches on connected disks and computers in the local area
network
 Clean the recently used documents list
 Clean the Windows Run list
 Clean the opened/saved files history
 Clean the list of network places to which the user has connected using network credentials
 Clean the Windows prefetch directory, where Windows stores information about programs you
have executed and run recently
Windows 7 and later operating systems do not store information on file and computer searches. Furthermore,
information on opened/saved files is stored differently in the registry, so the wizard shows this information in a
different way.
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