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    shredding decreases Hard disk drive life span.

    so Dram's would be the ultimate drive to go for?, for its lightning speed, endurance, and wiping methods. 1.could you delete certain individual data/files on SSD's or Dram as apposed to having to format the entire drive just to get rid of something? 2.do SSD's and Dram have recovery methods...
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    how to properly "erase"/shred compressed zip files

    works perfectly thanks: i guess this thread is officially over thanks for the support.
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    shredding decreases Hard disk drive life span.

    oh i see, so its a bad idea to be doing to many unnecessary shredding passes and to many unused space wipes: got it, only for crucial data and moments for sure. also, does this mean that anti virus scanners or any type of system scanning has the same effect on the HDD read-write life span like...
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    how to properly "erase"/shred compressed zip files

    oh i see, well, how can i access my windows 7 file settings? to check weather certain files are being compressed, and if so i will uncompress them, unless it would be unwise to uncompress them?? sorry, ive tried googling to see how i can access windows 7 file system settings but i haven't...
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    shredding decreases Hard disk drive life span.

    I found this article that talks about why shredding more then 6-8 passes can be detrimental(bad) for your hard disk drive "read-write" life span QUESTIONS: 1.so is it wise to use gutmans(35 pass) shredding? i think it should only be used for extremely sensitive data like bank account...
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    how to properly "erase"/shred compressed zip files

    In the FAQ i have read page 8, about how eraser behaves when deleting compressed files or spars, but its not clear on weather its deleted or not, as a matter of fact in the end of page 8 of the faq it says such files are not properly deleted so you get an error on the task log, but for some...
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    erase cluster tips during unused disk cleaning? i need help!

    when i go to computer to view my drives i have C: drive and D: drive(for recover files) only this two drives show but when i use Easeus system recovery program it automatically searches for drives and it shows 2 more drives that are not shown in the "COMPUTER" window of explorer this is the...
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    erase cluster tips during unused disk cleaning? i need help!

    thank you so much for the quick response, as of last night, i began to do a unused space wipe with the "erase cluster tips" enabled, i still got the same message when i try to view the task progress( time="unknown"/ status= querying status). I chose to ignore this and left it running while i...
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    erase cluster tips during unused disk cleaning? i need help!

    to begin with, i would like to pay my compliments and respect to the makers of eraser, its a very good program, although it takes some time and reading to figure it out good. im sure eraser will be a huge app shreder in the future as it progresses trough trial an error. so far i have read all...
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