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Hi :) Are you a beta tester ? Eraser V6 is in Beta at the moment. If you just want to use Eraser then download this version. Then turn off UAC.

Eraser is a free and open source privacy tool for windows. Erasers purpose is to help honest law abiding people maintain their privacy and to prevent data theft by securely overwriting a users private data on request. The developers insist that everyone should have free access to good security...

Hi Whodunit :D Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. chris12923 has already reported this bug on the Eraser Trac. Should you find any more bugs please report them here.

Hi Cybersox :D Like the new nickname ! :wink: I reported this bug on the Eraser Trac some time ago and it has been fixed by Joel. The next release should work for you. Should you find any more bugs please report them here.

Hi :) Download the Eraser 5.7 installer onto your new computer. Write it to a CD. Take the CD and place it in the old computer and run the installer.

Glad to hear it and thank you for taking the time to report back. :) Please keep checking here for the release of Eraser V6 final. Eraser V6.2 or V6.3 will have some very useful features !

Re: Why does Eraser take so long to overwrite my free space ? Yes you can. :)

Re: Why does Eraser take so long to overwrite my free space ? Hi greyowl You can make a ballast file out of anything you like really. Perhaps you have some DVD films you could use to make backups and store them on your hard drive. I personally prefer to make Truecrypt file volumes because I...

Yes, although I think DBAN may be more suitable for you in particular.

You’re welcome, happy Christmas to you to ! :)

The latest version of Eraser V5 is here. V6 is still under development.

This is the latest and best V5 version so far. Download.

Hi :) This list is probably all you will need. Eraser V6 (When released). Ccleaner MRU Blaster Truecrypt Spybot Eraser Eraser will probably be the best tool you can get to wipe the free space or files on a windows computer. At the moment all Eraser does is wipe user selected files or...

Hi Jack I cannot recommend any commercial software as Eraser is free and so are these forums. However there are a lot of good free file recovery programs available. Recuva, Restoration, undelete, Panda Recovery are all pretty good. You could also get hold of a free hex editor to actually...

Hi plumpjack From what you have written it sounds as if Eraser has done everything and finished. :D It all sounds about right to me, well done ! :wink:

No I don't, why do you ask ? :? Version 6 is still in development, unless you want to be a Beta tester I would leave it for now until the full release.

Hi plumpjack :) Yes I am familiar with Spin-rite, I have a copy myself !! It works well and you should certainly try it on your drive. If however you want to just quickly try to get a basic free space wipe going until you can check your disk properly you could try the following. Download...

Hi jhimsey Download this version of Eraser. Then uninstall any versions of Eraser you have now. Use Ccleaner to clean up and also use it to clean your registry. Install the version of Eraser I have linked you to. (Thanks Joel). Make sure you have disabled UAC in Vista. Try again and let us...

Hi plumpjack It is quite common that Eraser cannot erase some cluster tips on windows protected files. Windows locks these on boot up and I doubt your security is put at much risk because of it. I suggest you overwrite your free space with a single pseudorandom overwrite, it is much faster...

A computer hard disk is divided into small areas called clusters. A file can cover several clusters however it is unusual that the size of a file turns out to be an exact fit of a cluster size. A cluster tip is a portion of a disk cluster that has not been fully taken up with the file written...