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You could try attaching them to a post in Bugs Forum or mail support@heidi.ie

Yes, eraser will perform the same on an external hard drive as it would on an internal one. You will be able to wipe free space or files in Windows no need for DOS. Regarding the "windows memory" files, assuming you have one set up on the external hard drive you will need to wipe it in DOS...

Cross posted as there is no bug submitting forum yet *cough* ;] Giving 5.83 a go as I wanted to make use of the different wipe pattern schedules I've discovered that any tasks entered into the scheduled list will not run. Doing a manual run, wipes the files listed for deletion.

I believe this option turns on a feature in Windows via the registry that clears the Pagefile.sys. As such Windows should know to clear any and all Pagefile.sys on the system.

If you are formatting the drive, I would not worry about defraging the drive at all. The reason for erasing free space and then defraging is that if you defrag first you risk moving files around the drive and as a result leave file remnants that eraser can not reach. If you want to format...

It only caused a problem when erasing free space. using this option to Erase files is safe. If you look at the erasing options on 5.82 you will see it is present under the Files tab but not the Unused disk space

Scanning with what? You need to supply exact error messages. "rough" details which are just two file paths are of little use. What version of eraser are you using, what are you doing when you get the message, what version of Windows (incl patch level).

post this in the suggestions form and put "[BUG]" at the start of the subject

Post it as a bug to the suggestions page. Out of curiosity, what is the file in question?

Not entirely clear about what your saying your problem is, but would I be correct in saying that after wiping free space some of the files (that should not have been touched) on your hard drive have become corrupted? If that is the case, there is a known bug with v5.80 - v5.81 when using the...

You could use ccleaner to wipe browser tracks after using IE7. CCleaner has a secure wipe option, or you can use eraser and "erase unused space"

ADS will be erased when wiping a file, however if you wish to get rid of restore points, I think the only way to do it is to turn the option off, reboot and then wipe free disk space.

This is correct, they don't physically move on the disk.

5.83 is supposed to have better wildcard support, although I have yet to get it to work, ymmv In the case of: C:\Documents and Settings\ Owner\ Local Settings\ Temporary Internet Files\ Content.IE5\ 0RN6673U Specifying C:\Documents and Settings\ Owner\ Local Settings\ Temporary Internet...

Can't guarantee I'll be able to help but can certainly try :) Details are the key to getting help, so.... What OS What version of Eraser What wipe pattern What size drive and how much free space Have you used chkdisk to see if there are any errors on the drive?

You need to add a new wipe option. So in eraser: edit -> preference -> erasing -> unused disk space add "new" pattern. Give is a name, eg "zero" click add and it will automatically add a zero pattern. then save it. Once saved. Highlight "zero" on the unused disk space to select this...

Havn't seen that on any of my installs before. Perhaps uninstall and then re-install eraser

Problem There is a bug in the way that eraser handles the default.ers file which contains details on scheduled wipes, when you uninstall and then re-install eraser. This bug results in previous installs scheduled tasks still taking place but not showing up in the Schedule list Replication...

eraser 5.83 1) Use proper version numbers. This includes betas Tested with 5.83b2 (2007-03-13). This makes it so much easier to report bugs and be able to tell you in exactly what version 2) On the erasing preferences - unused disk space: the pattern wipe numbers...

great stuff, pretty much everything I'd asked for :) I'll test this out in the morning (I know it's a month late but only seeing this now) and give feedback