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Ok, thanks a lot.

This is a really helpful and easy to understand answer. Whilst not wanting to reveal exactly how paranoid I am :) Id like to try and understand one point a bit better. I have sensitive data stored on drive 2, not the OS drive (1). I access 2 via 1 - right? - cos it the OS and the programs...

Thank you.

This is fascinating and slightly scary stuff, and it reminds me that a while ago I posted here asking about something Id heard that Windows does automatically - make and keep copies of everything. I was told in the reply to my post that no, this doesnt happen. Now I see that II was right...

My post isnt about an issue with Eraser but an internet security question, and as Im not quite sure where else to ask I know that I will get useful help here from my past experiences in this forum with Eraser questions. So I hope you dont mind me posting here, but if youd rather I go somewhere...

Thanks for your replies. I guess my general paranoia is getting the better of me and its good to know that Msoft intrusion is not as pervasive as I had heard.

Hmm, surprised by your reply. How about if you remove the part that says "ostensibly to allow windows to "learn" frequent tasks" - does this help? I was told by a number of people that Windows logs absolutely everything - and that this log file is used by "authorities" to prove that files...

Isnt there something called Windows System File which logs everything you do, ostensibly to allow windows to "learn" frequent tasks. I understand it records day,hr,min,seg, the drive and folder you access, the doc, wma, jpeg etc you open and what you do with it, and just goes on recording and...

NTFS - of course - its my darned laptop! Should have realised. Thank you.

I am trying to erase a whole zillion of jpgs on my laptop - on a drive that has not been accessed for months and months. At first things went ok and the files were erased, but after a while everything stopped working. Firstly, the file names are in blue - which is not something I understand. Now...