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I recently rebuilt my system (XP, SP3 plus subsequent maintenance). Today I was doing some clean up work and realized that I had forgotten to turn OFF the Windows indexing "feature" on the hard drive where the OS is installed. I turned it off and then ran a free space wipe to ensure that...

David Again thank you for your promp replies. I agree, 5.8.8 should be just fine on my XP machines. When I eventually move to Windows 7 I'll try version 6 or its follow ons then.

David I have seen the generation of directory names during free space wipes. In the case I documented in this POST the task was to erase a directory structure, not free space. The generated strange directory names appear at various levels within the Documents and Settings \ EveryoneElse user...

David - thank you for the quick reply. I agree with your comment about Windows security. I've spend a LOT of time (not for this problem) trying to understand it. I've made some progress but still have a lot to learn. That being said, I am a bit confused. What does Windows security have to...

Fresh install of XP, SP3, plus all follow on maintenance from Windows Update Fresh install of Eraser 607 Trying to erase from Documents and Settings a test XP non-administrator user account from an administrator account (right click - Erase) Eraser does not erase the folders and files, error...