Dear Eraser people,
I am the owner of a sandisk cruzer (8GB) USB stick. I am going to hand this stick to a friend of mine, but I don't want him, or whoever is getting the USB nex, to see what was on it. I have used this stick for work, and it may contain personal information about customers (note: may, I have no idea who used this stick before me).
So, I want to completely wipe everything off this stick. I have read most of your FAQ topics and I was ready to perform a wipe. But then I read: this thread. Now, I have absolutely no idea how USB sticks work or wheter mine is magnetic or not.. I am no expert or whatever, I just want to make sure no one can access previous data of this stick.
So my first question would be :
How do I wipe the disk (erase everything on it, including previous data) as a complete "noob" on this subject.
My second question is;
When I try to perform a wipe (I selected which folder to erase, which was I:/ ) and I start the wiping. Eraser crashes (with a regular Windows "Eraser stopped working" window).
I did try to start Eraser as admin, same outcome though.
I hope someone can help me. I will appreciate it!
Regards,
Bskr
I am the owner of a sandisk cruzer (8GB) USB stick. I am going to hand this stick to a friend of mine, but I don't want him, or whoever is getting the USB nex, to see what was on it. I have used this stick for work, and it may contain personal information about customers (note: may, I have no idea who used this stick before me).
So, I want to completely wipe everything off this stick. I have read most of your FAQ topics and I was ready to perform a wipe. But then I read: this thread. Now, I have absolutely no idea how USB sticks work or wheter mine is magnetic or not.. I am no expert or whatever, I just want to make sure no one can access previous data of this stick.
So my first question would be :
How do I wipe the disk (erase everything on it, including previous data) as a complete "noob" on this subject.
My second question is;
When I try to perform a wipe (I selected which folder to erase, which was I:/ ) and I start the wiping. Eraser crashes (with a regular Windows "Eraser stopped working" window).
I did try to start Eraser as admin, same outcome though.
I hope someone can help me. I will appreciate it!
Regards,
Bskr