Recent content by DaveDone2

Re: ERASER/DBAN for laptop when there is no separate WIN7 CD I do not know about the other questions, but DBAN will remove EVERYTHING INCLUDING windows 7 operating system. Use DBAN with care. It starts at the first sector and stops when it gets to the last sector on the drive. That may not be...

Hi David, I will leave the philosophical argument. :) I am ahead of you as yesterday evening I did exactly what you suggested. I used Revo to remove all traces of Erase and the C++ run times. I checked the Registry, msconfig and folders to make sure it was all gone. I downloaded 5.8 from...

Thanks David, It may be Microsoft files causing the issues but that's like saying GM is responsible for injuries in a car accident because they made the car. The annoying thing is the previous version was working fine but I don't recall if that was 6 or 5. I foolishly uploaded and installed...

Hi, Given the problems I am having with 6.0.7 I need to go back to something that works. I have v5.3 build 5365 on an older back up. Will that work with Vista? Thanks Dave

Thanks David, I did that yesterday but I just did it again Repair C++ redist Uninstall C++ redist Install c++ redist reboot uninstall Eraser install eraser reboot Still the same. I have the desktop icon and one in the system tray but nothing on the Explorer right-click or the Recycle bin...

Thanks David, I tried all of those. I uninstalled and re-installed and still no menu item for Eraser. Here's the Dependency Walker

Hi, Vista x86 Home Premium. I can open Eraser from the Desktop icon or the System Tray and then select Add Data and click the Recycle bin. Dave

Hi All, I recently installed Eraser on a recommendation from a friend. I just went to empty the recycle bin and there is no "Erase" option there, just the normal old "Empty re..." I reinstalled and it still does not show up. It is also not in Explorer right click menu. In the "Settings'...

Another option is to disable the restore process and the reinstate it. That will clear all restore points. From the M$ website http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263455 WARNING: Using the following steps will completely remove all restore points from the data store. Do not use this method if...