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  1. garrett01

    Eraser - launch at boot time as service?

    When you login eraser is launched. You can optionally create your own erase tasks by using the command line and the windows scheduler. Why do you want to use the background scheduler? If its just a directory you need erasing on a regular basis then creating a windows scheduler job is probably...
  2. garrett01

    Eraser showing No Unused Space To Erase

    This could be that eraser cannot calculate the disk size or there is so much free it overflows. In drive properties what are the total bytes free? >>Another thing is when I tried registering using my original email address BBS issues , needs an upgrade which is not a trivial matter with so...
  3. garrett01

    Eraser 6.2.0.2962 released!

    This version has been available for over two years as a nightly build. We have bumped the version number and made it the official release.
  4. garrett01

    Eraser 6.0.10.2620 released!

    We have just released an updated version which solves the download issue in Chrome. see eraser.heidi.ie/download.php Any download should have a vlaid digital signature - you can check this by right clicking on the file.
  5. garrett01

    Is it safe to say Eraser is dead?

    Eraser is not dead, there have been recent builds - check the downloads page. Very little has been changing hence the lack of new releases.
  6. garrett01

    Is Eraser as secure as DBAN?

    Think of eraser as something you use at the file level. DBAN is more for wiping the entire disk partitions and all. With eraser you can wipe the disks beyond C:\ completly but not c:\ as you cannot wipe the OS while its running.
  7. garrett01

    Can I use Eraser on my I phone?

    Not with eraser. With your phone it is not possible to guarantee successful erase. If its just to clean up the phone there are several products available.
  8. garrett01

    Erasing gets stuck around 10 %

    Can you run a chkdsk on the drive as it seems there might be an error. It could be that eraser is sticking on a bad sector. Also turn off any anti virus app before erasing.
  9. garrett01

    Eraser as a substitute for factory reset

    The best way to totally wipe the machine is to use DBAN as this renders the disks blank.
  10. garrett01

    WINDOWS 8 SUPPORT

    The latest beta works on windows 8.1 http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php?id=296 The comments on CNET refer to the countless adware versions of eraser which have cropped up and are beyond our control - Always download the product from sourceforge and make sure it is digitally signed.
  11. garrett01

    Write/Erase in chunks

    To wipe the free space correctly you need the drive to be in a steady state otherwise you could destroy your database server if it filled the disk at the same moment the database is trying to do a commit of transactions. If you are trying to wipe documents it might be better to create a...
  12. garrett01

    Hi There

    This means the erasing did not complete. Rerun it with a one pass erase and see if it completes or look for the eraser temp directory in the root of the drive and erase that.
  13. garrett01

    [SOLVED] Eraser has stopped working.

    Re: Eraser has stopped working. Try installing a version I just recompiled today: http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php?id=293 and let me know if anything has improved or disimproved :)
  14. garrett01

    outlook express files reappear after erasure

    This sounds like Outlook express is running on your machine and just recreating them everytime it starts up. Have you checked if outlook is running?
  15. garrett01

    Eraser not wiping free space

    The actual issue is the size of the files eraser is creating to fill up the diskspace. We will look at how this might be done in the next release.
  16. garrett01

    [SOLVED] Eraser has stopped working.

    Re: Eraser has stopped working. This looks like errors in .NET - have you ran windows update? Can you try reinstalling .NET 4.0 and see what happens?
  17. garrett01

    Eraser behavior has changed (Bug?): not properly deleting

    Re: Eraser behavior has changed (Bug?): not properly deletin it looks like the erase process crashed - Have you got a virus or malware scanner running on access scanning can cause a lock condition with eraser and the AV trying to compete for the same file pointer - It will try filling the...
  18. garrett01

    Eraser 5.7

    both need the installer unless you search sourceforge for the portable version of eraser
  19. garrett01

    Eraser install error message

    According to Google this is some .net error. Try running windows update or perhaps deleting the .net framework cache
  20. garrett01

    Eraser does not erase

    try deactivating your virus checker before running the erase
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