Erasing deleted files
Sorry to revive this topic, but has anything been done about this, because I think Plod's idea is a good one?
At work, we do not have our own PC's and just log on to whichever is available. I use a thumb drive to operate things such as Skype, Firefox, etc., and in the course of operating these programs, the software creates and deletes various temporary/cache files on the hard drive. I have installed eraser 5.3, on all of the machines so far (only able to do this as an individual user, no rights for service that may run in background), and erase the free space (using single pass
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) if there is something I might not want others to see, but it would be much easier and less time consuming if I could search for and erase the individual files, or even just erase all of the files which might be recoverable instead of all the free space.
Obviously for my application maximum security is not necessary, so it is just a matter of time. Typically it can take anything from 20 to 40 mins to erase the free space on a disk, which is a lot of time if you have to wait and then log off the machine before you can go home or let someone else use it. On top of this erasing all the free space creates a substantial amount of unnecessary wear to the hard drive if you do this on a regular basis, as I sometimes find myself doing this several times a day.
Hope we can get some feedback on this, as I think there are many situations where people could use this type of functionality.
Cheers,
Mark