Eraser 6.0.10

[norbit09]

Eraser


This program uses Peter Gutmann's paper that he wrote about secure deletion.

 

[norbit09]

Highlights:

Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns...

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

Does it overwrite everything? Or you can select which folders to overwrite?

 

[norbit09]

You can select BOOM..

Does it overwrite everything? Or you can select which folders to overwrite?

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

You can select BOOM..

gonna have to look into this. Thankx for the posting.

 

[pupu]

I know this is a old thread but Eraser 6.2.0.2969 updated a very good program.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Many programs can do a DoD wipe of your HDD (or whatever SSD, HDA, Flash, SDCard, etc)

MANY MANY programs

and eraser 5.7 is better than the most recent version in my opinion.

 

[pupu]

I always like most of my programs updated..

 

[OuchThatHurts]

I always like most of my programs updated..

In many cases yes but often (and I mean quite often) an older simplified version with less code bloat that does what it needs to and no more is the ticket.

that's why oldversion dot com is one of my go-to sites when I'm loading a fresh machine.

Besides... I use mostly VM's anyway so the host OS doesn't mean a whole lot anyway (Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon Rafaela -or- Windows 7 64-bit)

VM's - easily backed up, shut them down when finished, easily erasable, an additional layer of security w/NAT, excellent for running 2 or 3 operating systems simultaneously on one machine with copy and paste abilities from machine to machine.

 

[sluggy]

In many cases yes but often (and I mean quite often) an older simplified version with less code bloat that does what it needs to and no more is the ticket.

that's why oldversion dot com is one of my go-to sites when I'm loading a fresh machine.

Besides... I use mostly VM's anyway so the host OS doesn't mean a whole lot anyway (Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon Rafaela -or- Windows 7 64-bit)

VM's - easily backed up, shut them down when finished, easily erasable, an additional layer of security w/NAT, excellent for running 2 or 3 operating systems simultaneously on one machine with copy and paste abilities from machine to machine.

If your VM is saved on disk then it's not any different from a file perspective than anything else. Sure it's a good sandbox.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

If your VM is saved on disk then it's not any different from a file perspective than anything else. Sure it's a good sandbox.

Did I say it was anything different from a file perspective?

...and yes, it is a good sandbox. And if those VM's are on an eSATA drive that is unplugged after use, then a powered off SSD or HDD is pretty damn different from a file perspective isn't it?