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    Eraser history is a privacy leak.

    Where is this history kept? I couldn't find it. I have logging disabled in preferences. Does this alleviate this issue? Thanks Steve
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    Which Eraser to download?

    It depends on whether you have the normal 32 bit version of Windows, or the snazzy 64 bit version (which you would only have if you have up-to-the-minute 64 bit hardware). X86 is the normal 32 bit hardware such as Pentium dual-core, Celeron etc. Right-click on "My computer" and select...
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    Erasing USB key Drives

    Thanks for the reply. I think I have my default erasing options to be set to one pass pseudo-random and my free space erasing to the same, but I might have mixed up the options. I notice though, that my free space erase does not have "Cluster tips" selected, whereas for erasing files it does...
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    Erasing USB key Drives

    A very interesting discussion. However, I'm not so sure that erasing unused space is the same as filling a drive and then erasing it. or at least it doesn't seem to do this on my system (Eraser 5.86.1 Win XP Pro SP3). If I erase unused disk space on my empty 1 Gb USB key ("DiscGo") it takes...
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