How do I set up a scheduled task to erase unused disk space. Setting it up in Eraser using its in-built scheduler causes the task to fail with permission errors because Eraser doesn't escalate it's privileges.
Is there a way of scheduling it within Windows itself using a command line? But...
The other issue is that Eraser has difficulty removing traces of a file on USB memory sticks / pen drives because of the wear levelling algorithms that they implement.
Mark.
When right clicking the drive and selecting properties in Windows Explorer it claims to be NTFS. Apparently the SAN we are using is made by NetApp. http://www.netapp.com/us/products/protocols/san/san.html
Mark.
Using Eraser 6.0.7.1893 I attempted to erase a file on our network and got the message "The file system on the drive x: is not supported" where x: is the network share letter in question.
The network share is a SAN (Storage Area Network). It used to work under 5.8.8 - or at least it appeared...
I uninstalled it. Deleted the directory under Application Data and that for Eraser 5.8.8 too. In the registry I deleted the entries for Eraser and those from 5.8.8 too - both under HKCU\Software.
I then re-installed and tried again. Same error. So I have re-traced my steps and I have found...
I have found this previous post http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6148&p=17725 on the topic of 'No file erasure methods to choose' and installed the latest August 2010 set from Microsoft. I have added the Certificate pluggin to the Machine Management Console and can see the Certum CA...
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