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You should also do a freespace erase to get any temp files created/deleted by the application. I'm assuming here you have administrator control of the machine and can access all the drive.

Try turning off your anti-virus application while erasing the recycle bin. Also check the windows event log for any obvious errors

>>I ran the "Erase Free Space" option The free space erase will not remove files in the recycle bin or in hidden partitions (system restore), and it relies on the directory table being intact. Did you format the HDD and then try to erase free space and did the erase complete without any errors...

Can you try installing the latest version .2970, I have it running here on a Win10 machine with all the latest patches and all working.

I don't think that would be possible as the disk is changing all the time. You are better off not doing what you suggest as the drive will wear out. Try creating an encrypted partition and storing the files there. Then erase the partition every night. If you create one the minimum size then...

right click in file explorer or see the icon in the lower right hand of screen

Would the attached help? PM me if you want the DOC version.

It is probable you triggered a latent fault in the machine. Are you certain you choose the correct drive to erase? >>I can't even boot off Windows DaRT USBs. That sounds like the motherboard has died.

You could try running eraser from the commnd line

Try creating a custom erase method that should do what you want.

Uninstall eraser and then search the registry for eraser - If you installed it to the encrypted drive then the issue is that eraser needs that drive activated to load the com drivers.

Try running eraser as administrator and see what happens.

Problem is to keep up with the latest Microsoft versions we are stuck in the same upgrade cycle. I'm going to look into XP at a later date as its a big job keeping so many versions working.

i think it might be a bug in the installer or the J drive is not responding fast enough during bootup. Perhaps install on C and see if it now works.

Please download the latest nightly build and see if the error persists. The lack of a machine with a floppy drive is a bit of a hindrance here :( Download link is here http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php?id=299

This is an error reporting system. If you get an error you can choose to send the current stack to our server. You dont have to submit anything if you do not wish.

Freespace is the unallocated space in the partition. For example Drive C is really a partion named C and in there the unallocated space is the 'freespace' eraser will try to wipe. These days most laptops have 2+ partitions on the physical disk to store the OS and recovery data. Access to the...

That looks like a paid for application. Do you have any more details e.g. error messages etc?

With well over a million downloads of the nightly builds since V6 it was time to push out that version and start building on it. Eraser is a volunteer effort so its down to time availability when things get done. With regards to XP - It might be a runtime issue - will have to get an XP...

If the drive is empty perhaps format the drive and try again it could be there is an issue with the disk structure i.e it has been altered making it unreadable to eraser.