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I use Eraser v.5.82 daily to do free-space disk wipes on an XP Pro system with absolutely no problems whatsoever. Even v.5.81 was fine with the exception of the "First and last 2K" wiping option. I agree with Carver, it's likely something conflicting with what Eraser's trying to do...

Hi, Robbie! Guess it depends on what your definition of "beneficial" is. Basically it's just a habit I've gotten into to keep this old computer as lean, clean and mean as it still can be by totally eliminating as much un-necessary junk as possible on a daily basis and to prevent any potential...

(Sigh) still on the first page of this forum..... http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?t=233 ... 5b16a06a8d In brief - if the "Only first and last 2KB" option (#5) was used as the method for erasing either Files or Unused Disk Space, it had a tendency to screw up almost everyone's computer...

Try reading at least the first page of post titles on any forum: http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?t=233 ... c3a208b472 . Pete

I use a combination of NTREGOPT ( http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ ) and PageDefrag ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysint ... efrag.mspx ). I have PageDefrag set to run at every boot and I usually run NTREGOPT once daily. Both programs are free and neither require the...

toolhead - Sorry none of those helped. Have you checked your anti-virus' "Quarantine" area to see if there's been any activity lately? And it and your anti-spyware applications' scan logs? The only thing I can think of is that you've only managed to grab the "pointer"s to a file that used to...

You could give BootDeleter a try: http://www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk or Unlocker: http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ or KillBox: http://spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/ and let us know if any of them work for you. A properly-done Eraser free-space wipe will not leave any file names or file...

You know, I'm really not even sure what you're asking here (or trying to point out - especially given the fact that I can't see what you're seeing. Any chance of you putting up a screenshot somewhere and linking to it?). But just off the top of my head, your whole issue is a non-starter...

You're quite welcome. Have you defragmented and run Disk Management ( with the "Automatically fix file system errors" and "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" options selected) on your XP installation lately? I only ask because I don't have a clue what's stopping the program from...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223790 You might also want to go into Word and re-set some of the things suggested in the above article (assuming all that stuff's still there in the current version of Word). This article contains some further information...

Here, I don't shut down my AV (NOD32) or disable my "firewall" (Windows ICF) for a free-space wipe - but I do shut down everything else that I can in the System tray. In your case, I'd go ahead and try shutting them all down, just to see if it works then, since I don't know if whatever you're...

lisa - If you go to this page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/ and scroll down to "Project details"/ "Operating System", I notice that WinMe isn't mentioned at all (at least not for the most current version of Eraser). Whether this is an oversight or it actually isn't to be used on a...

Please see this thread: http://bbs.heidi.ie/viewtopic.php?t=233 ... da914e2667 The latest version of Eraser contains ther latest version of DBAN. Pete

Yes, it does. Pete

kev1 - Truthfully, if you can't understand how to use the programs after reading both this thread and the "Help" and "FAQ's" sections, your best bet would be to un-install both programs (before you screw something up really big-time) and not worry about what's on your computer. Eraser FAQ's...

Maybe zeroes take up less space? 8)

It didn't "replace the old files with these new ones" - that's all that is left of the "old" ones (they've all been changed to zeroes). Running a free-space wipe doesn't really gain you back anything - you had the same amount of free-space before and after the run (if ALL you did was a...

They'll re-start themselves after you re-start the computer (in this case, the next morning when you get up after Eraser has totally finished its' free-space wipe). I always re-start the computer first thing in the morning. By the way, you never answered my question as to what setting you...

Yes, the presence of those icons in SYSTRAY mean that there's a running process behind them whether or not whatever program it is is itself actually actively running. Check Task Manager and you'll see. As far as the CCleaner site goes, I don't get any "popups" there in either IE or FireFox...

Shutting down un-neccessary programs running in SYSTRAY (the very lowermost, right-hand corner of your screen) simply involves right-clicking on all of the icons down there and choosing "Exit" (you can skip your anti-virus program, it won't really matter). And, of course, you won't have anything...