Erase method?

[WinterJ]

When you run Eraser, does it take a single pass on everything selected to be erased (ex. contents of recycle bin multiple folders and files) then doe a second pass then third ect.? or does it run the specified number of passes on a single file then move onto the next?

Does it scramble them all with one pass then even more with a second pass then more with a third..., or does it severely scramble one file with multiple passes before it moves onto the next one that hasn't been touched at all yet?

 

[DavidHB]

Joel would know this for sure, but, from observing Eraser, I would say that it deals with each file in turn, and completes the erase (all passes) before moving on to the next file. Given the way Eraser works, I think that this is the only sensible way for it to operate.

Eraser does not scramble file data; it overwrites it. What it overwrites the data with (and how often) depends on the erasing method used.

David

 

[Joel]

Yup, that's correct.