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We'll need more info before anyone can help What version of Windows are you using? What version of Eraser are you using? Does the file 'C:\\windows\system32\1223570772.(null)' exist, if so what is it? Try renaming the file in question to something like <filename>.bak and see if the problem...

I don't have the eraser bin context menu installed to be able to check but from memory you wont have done any damage erasing an already empty bin.

Open up eraser, go to the Scheduler window and see if there are any tasks set to run on reboot. If so remove the task, reboot and see if the problem persists

No erasing unused space will do just that. It will not touch any files on the hard drive only deleted ones. What I would recommend you do is run CCleaner before you run the erase unused space option. CCleaner goes through your hard drive and deletes temporary files and caches left by a large...

Chs, I've been meaning to do this for a while. I just havn't gotten around to converting my .ers file from hard coded paths to wild cards. The main thing stopping me is being too lazy to set up a VM for testing the .ers. As suggested by overwriter, if you want to do a system clean up...

try the latest version, 5.86a. If that fails maybe give the latest beta (5.87 beta1) a try. If that fail let us know.

Business cards you say, sure why not, makes sense on eraser support forum. Take a look at http://moo.com Maybe this should be added to the FAQ ;)

Good lordy, what part of "It depends on how much free space versus used space there is" was not clear. If you really want to know how long it will take for your hard drive, start a free space wipe (with out cluster tip erasing as that doesnt give an estimate) wait a few seconds and it will...

Given a large enough hard drive, yes

OS X has similar features build in. erase files: Secure Empty Trash from Finder wipe free space : Open 'Disk Utility.app' select the drive you want to wipe chose the erase tab and then 'Erase free space' You don't have as many sanitization patterns but enough to be useful. Your choices...

It's hard to answer, It depends on how much free space versus used space there is on the 140Gb drive and even then you're not gonna really know until you try. Example 250Gig drive with 36Gig free free space wipe (no cluster tips) 35 pass = 850min 7 pass = 170min 3 pass = 75 min pseudo pass =...

It can be a little confusing. There is an autonuke which will wipe everything and there is a manual mode which lets you pick and choose. Dban will list all your drives but not as C: D: etc only by the manufacturer and the partitions you have. If you are a little hesitant in using it I would...

What type of pass does fileshredder use for wiping free space? It may not be the same method eraser is using. The pseudorandom data is just what it says (pseudo) random data generated by your computer when erasing. The other 3,7 and 35 pass wipes use pre defined patterns when wiping...

DBan http://dban.sf.net would be better suited to wipe your hard drive for returning

xx521xx you should submit a bug report - http://eraser.heidi.ie/trac

This has been the behaviour of eraser as far back as I can remember (long before heidi took over the project). You could always submit a feature request on http://eraser.heidi.ie/trac to get this working.

It is user definable, click mouse to left of first 0 and then just type in the time (24hr) you want.

That logic only works if your attacker does not gain access to your computer while it is up and running. These days forensic investigators will grab an image of RAM and hard drives of live systems if they have access to them. It is no longer a case of come on scene and yank the power to...

See this thread for solution

This should only been seen if erasing of free space borks not file or recycle bin emptying as neither of those should use much more space than the file its self. The obvious thing to try if you havn't already is to empty the recycle bin (non eraser method). If that doesnt work try using a...