Anonymous said:
And was price a factor in the rating?

Not at all!!
The tests of evaluation for all products covered such items as:
Ease of Installation.
Guide/Help and print features.
Necessary passes for a complete erasing,based on an ideal of one pass.
Print or store the results of erasing.
All functions tested ie: Necessary time for erasing an HD of 80GB (1 pass/various passes).
Possibilities of config.
Possibility of erasing individual files/folders in a FAT32/NTFS/Disquette particion.
Possibilty of recuperation of erased data.
Telephone help.
Online help.
etc, etc.
The results of the test, based on an individual points system for each part of the testing. were totalled for each product. Each product having been subject to the SAME test spec.
The price/cost element played NO PART in the points system.
Eraser 5.7 along with Jetico BCWipe v.3 and O&O Software Safe Erase 2.0, were shown as 'Notable', the other products being shown as 'Good'.
Eraser winning the test by having more points overall than the competitors.
Also shown, as a seperate table, following the outcome of the program testing was the 'Price/Quality' rating. Obviously, Eraser as a free program, was shown as 'Not Calculated', the other products varying between 'Excellent', 'Notable' and 'Sufficient'. The cheapest product at 14,99€ achieved third place in the actual TEST rating.
Again, congratulations to the Eraser 5.7 prog.!!
Hope that this will have helped your thoughts.
Cheers

lovelyperson