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What was the directory called? It is more than likely safe to delete the directory. To wipe free space eraser creates multiple files of x mb in size and random names. Once finished these files will be deleted however if in the event of a crash these files place.

The closest you can come to doing this currently would be to use Eraser 6, which has the option to delete a file on a particular day of the month. Have to say that wiping a file that is x days old would be quite handy. You can submit feature requests to Trac

Quick question (for a change) before I get some much needed sleep. Can anyone tell me what the following means or why on earth it is happening. On logging in (to Win XP SP2+hf) I get eraser.exe (6.0.4.875) popping up a cmd window that says the following: The given Key was not present in...

Sdelete has not been updated in almost 2 and a half years so if there are any bugs they have gone unfixed. Ultimately both Sdelete and eraser will do the same thing. Eraser however provides a much larger choice in wipe patterns and is more feature rich. Eraser also does not come with a...

Make sure you are using the portable version of eraser. This should allow you to run it on any computer with out having to install it.

Personally I have not used Window Washer so take what I say with a pinch of salt :) Personally I would not pay for something like Window Washer when there are perfectly good and free solutions out there. Window Washer provides a much larger range of features than Erase but with a little work...

Eraser would be over kill in this situation. Optical media (cd/dvd) do not work the same as magnetic media (hard drives) when it comes to erasing files. You should find that your DVD/CD burning software has an option to do a full erase of a disk, this will be sufficient to prevent recovery...

They are essentially the same product, just the portable allows you to carry it around on a USB key and use it on any computer with out having to install it. The only difference (I've never actually used this feature when portable so not sure) is the portable version may not give you the...

Why would you store the certs in the wiki? You simply store the important stuff on another server and that gives you much more leeway with trac's wiki

There is no option to quit eraser after wiping a file. You could however request the feature here

Wow, you have been very busy, and of course I made the fatal mistake of assuming little had changed so didn't bother reading, I've flogged my self appropriately.. It looks like everything is well under control. Once I've (found a Windows CD and) had a play around I will try my best and add...

I also mentioned the work in this thread ;) His findings makes one big assumption, the program doing the wiping works as advertised. There will be bugs, in some cases bugs big enough to cause data to remain. I'll give you an example: - Eraser (along with many others) back in 2002 did not...

It needs Peer Review. I say this here mainly due to the fact that the other thread is locked. Realistically anyone capable of peer review and verification is not just going to happen upon the site and help out. You're going to have to actively seek out people in any way that you can, to let...

It's never going to be taken up. The cost far outweighs the reward to even attempt let alone potentially succeed (MFM) further reading: http://sansforensics.wordpress.com/2009 ... rive-data/

Must fire up a VM and give i a spin, been back living in an OpenBSD world for a while, a bit out of touch with erasers progress. Good Work Joel et all.

At a basic level Yes if you write 100Gig to 100Gig drive the data has been over written. I didn't really make it clear in my previous post but I was talking more about general day to day use (create a document / deleting files / installing programs) rather than securely wiping free space...

Oooh new version number standard ;)

Has installing one of the newer versions resolved this issue for you or are you still having problems?

Windows can have a habit of locking files if the preview in explorer is on. I am not sure where this setting is disabled in Vista but hopefully this should give you a little more to go on and resolve your problem. Temporarily you could use unlocker to unlock the files as required when erasing

What version of eraser did you install on the Vista computer?