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    Eraser request and help with eraser

    It needs a pause button. I was doing a clean of unwanted space on my hard drive C: and about half way through my computer become unusable as Eraser was just requiring too much usage. So I closed the computer down and when I boot it back up, I am down 100 GB or something close! Can anyone help...
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    Held invalid values

    I'm having some problems with my Eraser. I am running Windows XP 32-bit. I apologise if this has been posted before but I did do a few searches and got no results. I tried to install Eraser 6.0.9 and first it said on the website that I needed Windows Service Pack 3, which I downloaded and...
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    Does Eraser destroy information deleted by Recycle Bin

    Thank you so much for your help! I have skipped Cluster Tips and can now see green bar! Thanks again.
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    Does Eraser destroy information deleted by Recycle Bin

    Sorry the questions keep coming but I'm receiving messages from the log and I think it's the reason why I can't seen any progress bar. The Messages all are pretty much the same apart from the top two being red and they say: Date/Error/C:\hiberfil.sys did not have its cluster tips erased because...
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    Does Eraser destroy information deleted by Recycle Bin

    So when you say halt you mean it will pick up where it left off? I have to leave this laptop on all night and since the green bar has not budged probably all week?
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    Does Eraser destroy information deleted by Recycle Bin

    Haha yes even this 1 pass isn't even showing any green bar after 10 minutes. Is it okay for me to shut my laptop lid and continue the process later? Or will that corrupt the shredding? Oh and how long do you estimate this to take? I know there are a lot of variables but consider me your average...
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    Does Eraser destroy information deleted by Recycle Bin

    Unused disk space (C:\) - Gutmann will do the trick?
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    Does Eraser destroy information deleted by Recycle Bin

    So I know in the Recycle Bin you can choose Empty the Recycle Bin and that the files that were in the bin while you performed that command are still recoverable. This is why I downloaded Eraser. But how can I directly shred the files that I have deleted previously without downloading any...
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    Clean Comp on Start Up?

    Okay Thank you very much and yes my questions are boarding outside forum, and I am grateful for your replies. But I just have one final question, will the Guest Account that comes with Windows 7 do the reset to default with limited options functions I require?
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    Clean Comp on Start Up?

    it appears Steady State does not work with Windows 7. Any alternatives?
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    Clean Comp on Start Up?

    Thank you for reading and answering and I will be on the suggestions as soon as I have a minute of free time. But I was thinking maybe you could set Eraser to, on start up permanently delete selected folders - the one's the accumulate activity information. Is this a possibility ?
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    Clean Comp on Start Up?

    So I downloaded Eraser to delete loads of unnecessary information that Windows tends to collect, and make it as if each time I switched on the computer it would be like as if I'm the first person to use it ever. But not only do I not know where to start, I'm afraid I'm going to - for example -...
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