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When you use Eraser to overwrite a file Eraser actually has to write the same amount of data as the target file size. This means that if you overwrite a 1GB file Eraser has to write 1GB to overwrite it. However this is only true if you select a single pass, should a user select the Gutmann...

Hi atiqmd You might want to read this first. Then if you have any other DBAN questions you could post them on the DBAN forum. Just to give you a head start you need to make a bootable CD.

Yes, that is something I am always careful to do. I also usually use Ccleaner to clean the registry and also I reboot just to make sure !

Err, no. :? There is a MFT Master File Table on your hard drive. This holds a list of all the files on your drive and their details such as size and location on the disk. When windows deletes a file it simply removes the name and details from the MFT. The actual data is written somewhere...

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Hi :) Thank you for reporting back with a resolution. It may help someone else later. I will have a look at your other problem now.

Hello. The Eraser Project Team has been developing Eraser V6 this last year and it is nearing completion. Eraser V6 is a complete rewrite of the classic Eraser V5. This is not a simple patching or updating task but a 100% fresh start written with all the knowledge gained from the original V5...

Hi Download these programs. Eraser V5.8.7-b3 Spybot-S&D 1.6 Ccleaner Then uninstall Eraser. Switch of restore points. Run chkdsk/f Use the windows cleanup utility. Install and update spybot, then do a full scan. Install and run Ccleaner, check everything and perform a full clean...

Hi perris Sorry you are having so much trouble but please stick with it as we need to know this is just unique to your computer and not a fault in Eraser. Could the .mpg you are trying to overwrite be on a network share ? Could Eraser be actually overwriting but it is simply taking a long...

Ah, I see !!! :D Have you disabled UAC ? Any special backup programs installed ? Right click your recycle bin and select the windows “Empty Recycle Bin” option. Check your free space size. If it is still full search for “~erafswd.tmp” without the quotes and then delete it if found. You...

Hi perris :) I am not sure I understand the problem you are having, your link refers to the context menu being left after an uninstall of Eraser yet you say “(I am left with less then a gig of free space)”. I don’t understand the relationship ? :?

You need to wait for Eraser V6, to follow its development you can look here.

This is the latest release for V5. Download

Why not fill up some of the free space you have with ballast files such as empty Truecrypt volumes etc so the amount of free space is reduced. When you need more space delete one of your ballast volumes. Also 7 passes is overkill :wink: . 1, or for the very paranoid 2 passes with random data...

Yes, the free space is gone or taken up temporarily while Eraser does its thing and then when it has finished the process Eraser deletes all the files it has made to overwrite the unused space with. So after allowing eraser to complete fully you should be left with the same free space you...

V6 will correct a lot of problems but V5 should not be having the problems smartins and ee-theman are experiencing. Are you experiencing the same as them ?

Hi Did you completely uninstall the old version first ? Also do you really want your e-mail address as your username ? PM me if you don’t.

You can watch the progress of V6 here. :) If you want to help and speed up the completion date you could help bug report, submit code or donate.

Go here. Scroll down and download FineSplit. :D

When you delete with “windows delete”, the file header is removed (telling windows that the disk space where the file was is free again). To the user the file appears to be deleted. But, the file is still there in the free space until another file uses that exact same space on the drive...