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>>it only erased the new version but not the old version which is still on disk in plain text. Eraser only erases what it is told to erase. For temp files or deleted shadow copies we have the freespace erase option.

The NAS will not act as a standard file storage. Erasing freespace may not guarantee you erase the data on all individual disks in the NAS array. Your best option is to use something like truecrypt/veracryprt on the NAS as a container and erase that. What happens if you reboot - is the mapping...

The problem relates to the AV trying to scan the files while eraser is trying to erase them. You need to temporarily disable the AV before erasing.

>>on multiple HD drives (INT and EXT) as 1 task. This sounds like you overloaded the machine or it hit a bad block on a disk and locked up.

Look under file properties

Do you have administrator access to this machine? Try installing by right-clicking on the install and select run as administrator.

There are just too many variables to get an accurate estimate. you can get an initial estimate, then some windows process kicks off and doubles the time. DBAN has the advantage in that it boots up in its own OS, thus is the only app accessing the disk.

This feature is more a user support issue to cut down on endless emails. >>I'm concerned about the direction Eraser is taking How?

When EFS encrypts a file, it copies its contents into a temporary hidden file. It then encrypts by blocks and writes the encrypted data into the original file. After the process is done, the temporary file is deleted. To guarantee erasure of the file you need to wipe the freespace and the file...

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Probably your drive has a fault. Running eraser could have hit the bad sectors. Just by creating a new document would trigger the same effect. If you can attach the disk to another PC, you might be able to read the contents otherwise its time to use your backups.

Eraser creates a temp folder on that drive - just delete this folder or re-run the freespace erase.

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I suggest 2 options: 1. Use the older eraser - 5.8 2. Burn a DBAN CD and wipe the drive then reinstall XP

Can you explain this a bit more - what are you trying to do with Firefox and eraser?

Nothing dramatic has changed - Improvements to the build system and updates to library versions for Win 10

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I assume you have done the windows update? This sounds like an issue with your .NET install. Have a look at this link http://blogs.k10world.com/technology/delete-net-cache-versions-server/ Might help but make sure you understand what you are doing.

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mmm seems the caching system blocks the captcha - will have to investigate You can PM me on the forum instead