Erased files really erased?

[Aethyr]

Hi, I started off using Eraser and was placing files/dirs in the Recycle Bin and using the shell option > Eraser, but when I used Recuva to verify the deletion I was finding the random names still in D:\$Recycle.Bin. Does this mean Eraser was doing its job properly?

 

[DavidHB]

Yes. All Recuva could find was what Eraser had overwritten your files with. If your files were still recoverable in the original form, that would be a cause for concern.

There is no way a file can be un-written. It can only be overwritten, so, when Eraser has finished working, there is just random (= nonsense) data where the file used to be.

David