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    Erase Unused & Bad Sectors To Remove RootKit.

    Eraser is a "destructive" tool so I would suggest that you always: 1.) Run a "Standard" ScanDisk or CheckDisk BEFORE using it!! 2.) Reboot your computer after wiping free space. 3.) Check to see if there are large TEMP files in your root directory from pausing Eraser while it is wiping...
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    XP User Account Bug

    When using Windows XP and you install Eraser on one User Account and then logon to another User Account and open Eraser the program window is a lot smaller. When you log back on to the install account the Eraser windows looks fine. I would say this would be something to look into if there were...
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    erase swap file on reboot in winxp home

    ClearPageFileAtShutdown HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management ClearPageFileAtShutdown=0 Meaning: "Inactive pages are not filled with zeros." ClearPageFileAtShutdown=1 Meaning: "Inactive pages are filled with zeros." "Specifies whether inactive...
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    erase swap file on reboot in winxp home

    The setting for clearing the Page File in XP is a Microsoft setting: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management ClearPageFileAtShutdown=1 (1 meaning it's clearing your Page File) Look in your registry to confirm that it's working.
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    new user /eraser failing to delete unused space

    Disable Windows File Protection (Windows 2000/XP) Windows 2000 and XP include a feature called Windows File Protection (WFP), part of the System File Checker, which is intended to avoid some of the common DLL consistency issues. This feature may also block valid attempts to change system files...
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    new user /eraser failing to delete unused space

    The files that were not "erased" are system files that Eraser could not wipe the cluster tips or cluster slack of. They are Windows Protected Files. "File slack is, the disk space from the end of a file till the end of the last cluster used by that file." If you uncheck Cluster Tip Area then you...
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    200 gig HD now 130 :(

    After using Boot and Nuke you should have used the Western Digital Installation Tutorial in the Windows version of the Data Lifeguards Tools bootable floppy program to setup your hard drive larger than 137 GB without a controller card. Intel offers drivers for certain chipsets for BIOS support...
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    Erasing files on cached HDD's

    Here is more information from Western Digital: http://www.westerndigital.com/en/company/glossary.asp Cache — High-speed RAM used as a buffer between the CPU and a hard drive. The cache retains recently accessed information to speed up subsequent accesses to the same data. When data is read...
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    Erasing files on cached HDD's

    It's just a memory cache. So when you reboot it is lost.
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    Eraser Shell Extension *Critical Bug*

    Pretty everything BUT Windows XP and Eraser is junk.
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    desktop.ini

    I don't think so, but if in doubt (when using XP) rename this User Account to something new, make a new User Account (naming it the same as your old one,) delete the old User Account you are paranoid about, wipe your free space with Eraser again then all will be fine!! (You have a new User...
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    Erasing files on cached HDD's

    Disk Cache is a temporary storage area in RAM for data being read from or written to a hard drive, and is used to speed up access time to the drive. The process of disk caching works like this: 1.) The CPU asks for data from the hard drive. 2.) The hard drive controller sends instructions...
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    Enabling Cleaning of Paging File

    When it is enabled everytime you reboot or shutdown your PC it zeros all the bits 1 time in your paging file. So if you keep rebooting then you will keep overwriting it. I don't think you can do a DOD or Gutmann on your paging file (yet!!)
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    Eraser Shell Extension *Critical Bug*

    The "bug" seems to be all the junk software you have installed.
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    Step-by-Step for erasing and reinstalling Windows 98SE

    Once you wipe your hard drive with Boot and Nuke all you need to do is insert the Windows 98SE CD in your CD-ROM, turn off your PC, turn it back on and boot from CD-ROM and the setup will format it for you. There is no need to use a boot floppy to fdisk.
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