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If you're the reporter for ticket 445, thanks. I think the key here is that you're using FAT32. FAT unused space erasures has got a component that will manually walk the directory tree of the drive and clear unused entries. My suspicion is that you've got a damaged directory structure, though I...

OP: Files in the folder selected are used. JoeDoe: It's nearly impossible to hide the fact that a bunch of executable code was run on a machine. Windows caches everything that goes on and that cache information does seem to keep evolving with every iteration of Windows.

Yup, JoeDoe got it there.

I develop and test Eraser on 64-bit Windows 7. It works fine. There has to be something wrong with the particular environment your system is on. Do not assume that the files are signed when you get them. Incomplete or erroneous downloads can still cause them to be invalid; or worse, a malicious...

Sounds like a bad sector somewhere in the middle of the disk, since quick formatting worked but not a normal format (which does write on every sector on the disk)

Re: Fresh install of 6.0.10.2620 says a new version is avail I think the second problem is a bug, but I remembered fixing it before... Let me investigate.

After downloading, does the installation complete successfully?

You seem to have got a corrupt install. Try uninstalling and reinstalling and see if that does anything. If it doesn't, check that the packages you are using to install are signed by me (and that the certificate is valid).

1. Portions of the files are used when you enable plausible deniability. It merely allows you to specify which files should be used for the purpose. 2. Only the first few kb or mb are copied, if memory serves 3. The file being erased will have the file name replaced with random characters, yes...

If Windows has got a problem formatting the disk, then either you've got a disk controller or disk failure on your hands. Is the disk old?

Hopefully with the partition/drive erasure in 6.2 we won't need to do this...

Re: Eraser 6.0.10.2620 does not complete task in Limited acc You got it right; I'm suspecting that Eraser's trying to list and erase files in a recycle bin to which you do not have access permissions to. Have you tried disconnecting from the network drives (such that the drive letter is removed...

If the drive gives up on Windows (and Eraser), chances are the disk would still retain the information used for erasure. If you are REALLY desperate (and if you are using a one-pass erasure method), running another unused space task would accomplish the same effect as continuing where it left...

The layout problems have been fixed in 6.2, which will be released at a later date.

There are some disclaimers in the forum on the use of Eraser on flash media. You probably should read that. Apart from that, if your memory card is already failing, chances are the erase won't be successful, and you'll get all sorts of weird things like that (it's usually Windows erroring out...

It's definitely the certificate validation. The OS (triggered by Eraser) will contact the certificate authority which issued the certificate used to the program to check for revocations. With the recent spate of certificate authorities being hacked, I think it's a good thing.

Well, I guess that I happen to be on the more paranoid side of the spectrum :D

Re: Eraser 6.0.10.2620 does not complete task in Limited acc No, what I do need to know is how many of the network drives you have write access to... if any. Eraser will search for recycle binds on mounted network drives too, so that could be the reason.

It does seem to be a permissions problem; NTFS does allow files to be modified (which is what step 1 of erasing would do) but not deleted (which is what step 2 of erasing would do). In those situations you'll have an error like yours. The easier approach is to do as David says. The more complex...

I've replied to the OP via email (he emailed me) and I've said the same thing - both are not from Eraser. I do believe this is from Symantec Endpoint Protection, since they do have an Eraser driver as well (presumably to eradicate more stubborn malware infections -- though I don't really know...