marmite:
So true. At some point the man seems to have ended up with a messed up harddrive,
using Eraser. But we will probably never know the full story why this happened.
login123:
I don't even like Coca Cola...but then again... the formula could be worth a couple of bucks. ;-)
There are several methods if you want to be s(ec)ure, degausser, catepillar, sledge hammer...
I'm just looking for a stable product that does what it's supposed to without any surprises.
I like Piriforms products but in this case they dont do enough for me. They don't seem to
take care of slack (cluster tips) and the MFT. So... thats why I poped up in here. :-))
But mission acomplished now. What did I do?
I wiped my harddrive using TeraBytes CopyWipe (Random Pattern).
Then partioned, formatted and restored the information from my backup disk.
Easy enough.... the disk is now clean from "garbage" and I am in full control of the disk.
But before I did all this I wanted to test the Wipe Free Space function in Eraser 5.7.
I ended up with a positiv result. So maybe, maybe I can trust it. ;-)
With a new fresh disk I will from now on be more observant when I delete sensitive information...
...(probably) using Context Menu File Shredder in Eraser 5.7 (or later???).
Stay cautious... :-)