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Chelsi - Hi and welcome to the forum. Not being a user of the latest iteration of IE, about all I can suggest is to use IE's own included mechanisms (whatever they are) for "deleting" cookies and temp files and then just run Eraser free-space wipes to actually get rid of the info permanently...

Hello, kev1, and welcome to the forum. Actually, how fast Eraser does a free-space wipe is dependant on several different things, at least - Processor speed, amount of free-space to be cleaned; whether you've shut down all un-neccessary running background programs; whether you're actually...

Alice - Please be aware that DBAN wipes everything - including the operating system. At the conclusion of a DBAN run, you have to re-install the operating system from its' original installation CD. Does she still have that? If she's just trying to rid her old computer of all personal...

Yes, and this: http://www.security.ku.edu/download/DBAN_Tutorial.pdf

Yes. It completely "nukes" whatever hard-drive it's used on beyond recovery. You can then donate it, sell it or whatever. Make sure you read the instructions carefully - print them out before starting. Pete

Alice - Use someone else's (friend, work, whomever) Windows computer to create a floppy disk by going here: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/dban/d ... g_mirror=0 (that's a live download link for the latest version of Darik's Boot & Nuke). (Have a blank floppy disk in whatever computer...

The problem referred to was eliminated in the new version of Eraser you're using. Pete

Re: freespace files failed to erase If Eraser can't get into "locked" system files, it's probably showing you all the free-space that it actually can (since it probably can't measure the amount of free-space in locked files). Was the actual difference shown a significant amount? That sounds...

I concur with Carver - please un-install v.5.81 of Eraser, d/l v.5.82, re-start the computer and then install v.5.82. ummm - What browser are you using, and why do you need to "erase" the cookie (deleting it with the browser or a third-party "cleaning" program should suffice)? Pete

I don't think that that's enough space (I could be wrong). If you don't wish to remove the un-install files for the Windows Updates, then don't - just un-check the "Hotfix Un-Installers" box under "Advanced" in CCleaner. Did you go through Add/Remove programs, to see if there was anything...

Just hold off until tomorrow.

Try getting a copy of CCleaner (v.1.36.430) from here: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/ and set it to look like mine here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost ... ostcount=8 Run it, but just click "Analyze" not "Run Cleaner" and let me know how much space you gain back. Note that...

I think you've pretty much answered your own question - it looks to me as if Eraser does not have enough "room" to work. Can you not free up any space? Pete

I'm sure that - before you came here to this forum and started tossing around accusations of spyware in Eraser downloads from SourceForge - you sent in the detection to the makers' of your "Spyware checker" (whatever program that might be) and confirmed that the detection you received from it...

http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/faq.shtml "Q: "When I erase unused disk space I get an error with a long list of files that could not be processed. What am I doing wrong?" A: Nothing, the meaning of this error is to warn you that not all unused space on the drive could be overwritten. This...

Start/Run/cmd del C:\~erafswd.tmp

If all the individual files that you were wanting to nuke the 1st and last 2k on were in the same folder, probably not very long. The problem with said scenario is that when the police are "at your door", they're usually not simply at the door for a very long time-period - they're through it...

tigerbiter - I mentioned the programs I am familiar with and use daily. I have nothing against CleanUp - I simply don't use it and thus can't recommend it one way or the other. Pete

Unless you know the exact path to the Word back-up files - and create a special task for erasing it, anEraser free-space wipe's not going to touch it - because you're right, it's not un-used disk space. The same goes for some of the other files you mentioned. In the case of the Word back-up...

Krish - While it's not really spelled out anywhere specifically, it's always best to not be doing other things on your computer while a free-space wipe is running. The reason is because the less you have running during an Eraser run, the more total files will be not in use, thus allowing...