Recent content by jwall

No problem with fonts, but after a wipe, the folders in Outlook Express were corrupt. Maybe that's a font problem as the titles were corrupt looking. A reboot fixed everything. One pass, XP SP2 on an older 20 gig laptop.

Yeah, I use Ccleaner all the time. Everything just seems to run better after a through cleaning and wipe. Thanks to all again. :D

Thanks, Robbie. The second wipe makes sense.

Thanks, I finally got enough nerve to try a free space wipe and using the default settings, every thing went well, it took less than an hour. I used the one pass method on my 20 gig HD laptop. Is that adequate? Or should I use more passes? I'm just an average home user with nothing to hide...

Overwriter, I think you may be correct about accidental movement. This drive, as I mentioned, has always been a little slow and doesn't act like my others. Being a newb, I just unplug it from the USB connection when done, again I'm using Win XP SP2. I've been told I can do that rather than...

Hello, I am using the latest version of Eraser and wiped the free space on two jump drives, a 128 MB and a 512 MB with no problem. I tried wiping free space on a 1 gig jump drive and it seemed to hang a bit, but it did finish, but with the error saying it couldn't remove a file...

I want to wipe free space on my HD. If I choose the default settings (I have Win XP SP2) and the three pass option, will it be safe? Should I turn off my anti virus. Should I do a restore point in System Restore just to be sure? Thanks for your patience.

Thanks overwriter. If I use this program, can I install over the one I'm using, or do I have to uninstall, then reinstall the new one? Bit of a newb here. :)

Hello all, new to forum and new Eraser user with two questions. I have searched and am confused on one issue and couldn't find an answer for the other. 1. I want to wipe free space and it's checked, but it also wants to do something to the master file table records, but only for NT and...