You can change the used erasing methods from the Erasing Preferences window. You can access this window through all user interfaces and the defined settings are common for all applications using the Eraser library.
The preferences dialog box is divided into two pages allowing you to use separate settings for erasing files and folders, and unused disk space.
On the first page you may choose one of the three built-in overwriting methods or one of your own, custom methods, to be used when overwriting files and folders. The default is to use the 35-pass Gutmann method.
The first two built-in methods have a fixed amount of overwriting passes, but if you choose to overwrite only with pseudorandom data, you may set the number of passes, 65535 being the maximum, by pushing the "Edit" button. The number of passes for the pseudorandom data method can be set separately for both erasing files and unused disk space.
If you want to create a new custom overwriting method, press the "New" button. You can edit the properties of the new method using the Custom Method Editor window û you can open this window later by pressing the "Edit" button. To delete a custom method from the list, press "Delete".
On the bottom of the window you can choose which parts of files will be overwritten in addition to the actual content. By default, all options are enabled.
If you select "Cluster Tip Area", the unused space at the end of the last cluster allocated for the file will be erased.
If you select "File Names", the name of the file will be overwritten. This option cannot be deselected on Windows NT/2000 where file names will be overwriting always when erasing files.
If you select "Alternate Data Streams", Eraser will also find and overwrite possible unnamed data streams associated with the file. This option is available only on Windows NT/2000, alternate data streams are supported only on NTFS file system.
Write a short description of your method to the "Description" field. This text will be displayed on the method list.
To add new overwriting pass to the list, press "Add". To remove the selected pass, press "Delete". To create a duplicate of the selected pass, press "Copy". You can move the selected pass up and down the list using the "Move up" and "Move down" buttons.
An overwriting pass contains maximum of three adjacent bytes (enter binary representation to the byte fields), or pseudorandom data. As you edit the pass data, the list constantly updates showing you the pattern that will be written to the disk.
If you select "Perform passes in random order", Eraser will shuffle the passes using cryptographically strong random numbers before overwriting û otherwise the passes are written in the order they appear on the list.
To save the method, press "Save". To discard the changes you made, press "Discard". Please notice that the changes you made will be final only after you dismiss the preferences window by pressing "OK". Pressing "Cancel" will not save the changes.
The custom method now appears on both pages of the preferences window û it can be used for overwriting files and unused disk space.
On the second page you may set the preferences for overwriting unused disk space. The default setting is to use one pass of pseudorandom data for overwriting, which was chosen speed in mind. You should increase the number of passes or choose another method if you need better security.
Detailed descriptions of the overwriting methods and the reason why one should include the cluster tip area when erasing unused disk space can be found from the Advanced Topics. You may want to learn more about the available methods before using a setting other than the default.
On the bottom of the window you can choose which parts of the unused disk space will be overwritten. By default, all options are enabled.
If you select "Free Disk Space", all available, or free, disk space will be overwritten. On Windows NT and 2000, the unused space on the Master File Table records will be cleared as well.
If you select "Cluster Tip Area", the cluster tips of each file on the drive will be erased. You should not use this option for drives compressed with external software û cluster tip area of compressed NTFS drives can be erased.
If you select "Directory Entries", names of all previously deleted files will be cleared from the file system table.
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You may change the settings of the main Eraser application using the General Preferences window. You can access this window only from the main application.
As the Erasing Preferences window, this dialog box is also divided into two pages of which the first is for more general settings and the second is reserved solely for Scheduler preferences.
You can select whether you want Eraser to display the erasing report after erasing files (and folders) or erasing unused disk space on a drive, or both. If you deselect both of these options, the Erasing Report will not be shown. If you want the Erasing Report to be shown only if errors have occurred (or the operation was terminated by the user), select the corresponding option. You can also disable the Erasing Report for the shell extension by deselecting "Erasing Report à When Using the Shell Extension".
If you have entered both files (and folders) and unused space on one or more drives to the On-Demand list, the results shown in the Erasing Report are the combination of the selected items. For example, if you have only files on the list and have Erasing Report à After Erasing Unused Disk Space" selected, you will get no Erasing Report window after the operation.
Eraser Launcher ignores the Erasing Report settings û it will show the results only if you specify the "-results" command line parameter.
If you are using Windows NT and 2000, you can enable the clearing of the paging (swap) file at shutdown (this change does not take effect until you restart the computer and requires Administrator privileges to set). This is a Windows NT security feature and the overwriting is performed by the operating system, not by Eraser. Clearing the paging file means that after closing all applications and after writing unused data to the disk, Windows overwrites all available space on the paging file with zeros. Since the overwriting is done at shutdown, all possible sensitive data should be overwritten and the small number of areas that are still inaccessible at the moment are used only by the operating system. This option is not available when running on Windows 95, 98 or ME and is disabled if the user does not Administrator privileges on the system.
On the second page you may set the preferences for the Scheduler user interface. These settings apply only for the Scheduler.
You can set the Scheduler (and therefore, the whole main application) to start automatically as a taskbar tray application every time you start Windows by selecting the "Start Scheduler at Windows startup" option. If you do not want to add another icon to your taskbar tray, select "No taskbar tray icon" option. If you would still like to move Eraser to the background by minimizing the window, select "Hide main window on minimize". To restore the hidden instance of the application, start another copy of the program and the background process will take over.
Scheduler also includes an option to log the occurred events into a file. This is useful for studying the success of operations afterwards. You can also set Scheduler to log only error messages and limit the size of the log file if you wish.
Scheduler can run multiple tasks at a time û you can start several tasks and they will all be processed simultaneously. However, processing multiple tasks requires lots of system resources and the excessive disk activity can slow down the system considerable amount. If you select "Queue Overlapping Tasks" option, Scheduler will not run multiple tasks, but will instead queue new tasks to be processed one at a time after the process currently being run has finished. When this option is selected and a task is being processed, the "Run" menu command will add the selected task to the queue and "Stop" will remove a task from the queue.
All visual error messages (dialog boxes) shown during the Scheduler operation will be dismissed in 15 seconds if no user intervention occurs, so you can safely leave the visual error messages enabled even when Scheduler is running for long times without supervision. However, the option to disable visual errors can be useful if you are an administrator of one or more computers with multiple users and do not want to confuse other users with possible error messages that may show up unexpectedly.
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You may change the settings of the main Eraser application using the General Preferences window. You can access this window only from the main application.
As the Erasing Preferences window, this dialog box is also divided into two pages of which the first is for more general settings and the second is reserved solely for Scheduler preferences.
You can select whether you want Eraser to display the erasing report after erasing files (and folders) or erasing unused disk space on a drive, or both. If you deselect both of these options, the Erasing Report will not be shown. If you want the Erasing Report to be shown only if errors have occurred (or the operation was terminated by the user), select the corresponding option. You can also disable the Erasing Report for the shell extension by deselecting "Erasing Report à When Using the Shell Extension".
If you have entered both files (and folders) and unused space on one or more drives to the On-Demand list, the results shown in the Erasing Report are the combination of the selected items. For example, if you have only files on the list and have Erasing Report à After Erasing Unused Disk Space" selected, you will get no Erasing Report window after the operation.
Eraser Launcher ignores the Erasing Report settings û it will show the results only if you specify the "-results" command line parameter.
If you are using Windows NT and 2000, you can enable the clearing of the paging (swap) file at shutdown (this change does not take effect until you restart the computer and requires Administrator privileges to set). This is a Windows NT security feature and the overwriting is performed by the operating system, not by Eraser. Clearing the paging file means that after closing all applications and after writing unused data to the disk, Windows overwrites all available space on the paging file with zeros. Since the overwriting is done at shutdown, all possible sensitive data should be overwritten and the small number of areas that are still inaccessible at the moment are used only by the operating system. This option is not available when running on Windows 95, 98 or ME and is disabled if the user does not Administrator privileges on the system.
On the second page you may set the preferences for the Scheduler user interface. These settings apply only for the Scheduler.
You can set the Scheduler (and therefore, the whole main application) to start automatically as a taskbar tray application every time you start Windows by selecting the "Start Scheduler at Windows startup" option. If you do not want to add another icon to your taskbar tray, select "No taskbar tray icon" option. If you would still like to move Eraser to the background by minimizing the window, select "Hide main window on minimize". To restore the hidden instance of the application, start another copy of the program and the background process will take over.
Scheduler also includes an option to log the occurred events into a file. This is useful for studying the success of operations afterwards. You can also set Scheduler to log only error messages and limit the size of the log file if you wish.
Scheduler can run multiple tasks at a time û you can start several tasks and they will all be processed simultaneously. However, processing multiple tasks requires lots of system resources and the excessive disk activity can slow down the system considerable amount. If you select "Queue Overlapping Tasks" option, Scheduler will not run multiple tasks, but will instead queue new tasks to be processed one at a time after the process currently being run has finished. When this option is selected and a task is being processed, the "Run" menu command will add the selected task to the queue and "Stop" will remove a task from the queue.
All visual error messages (dialog boxes) shown during the Scheduler operation will be dismissed in 15 seconds if no user intervention occurs, so you can safely leave the visual error messages enabled even when Scheduler is running for long times without supervision. However, the option to disable visual errors can be useful if you are an administrator of one or more computers with multiple users and do not want to confuse other users with possible error messages that may show up unexpectedly.
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You may change the settings of the main Eraser application using the General Preferences window. You can access this window only from the main application.
As the Erasing Preferences window, this dialog box is also divided into two pages of which the first is for more general settings and the second is reserved solely for Scheduler preferences.
You can select whether you want Eraser to display the erasing report after erasing files (and folders) or erasing unused disk space on a drive, or both. If you deselect both of these options, the Erasing Report will not be shown. If you want the Erasing Report to be shown only if errors have occurred (or the operation was terminated by the user), select the corresponding option. You can also disable the Erasing Report for the shell extension by deselecting "Erasing Report à When Using the Shell Extension".
If you have entered both files (and folders) and unused space on one or more drives to the On-Demand list, the results shown in the Erasing Report are the combination of the selected items. For example, if you have only files on the list and have Erasing Report à After Erasing Unused Disk Space" selected, you will get no Erasing Report window after the operation.
Eraser Launcher ignores the Erasing Report settings û it will show the results only if you specify the "-results" command line parameter.
If you are using Windows NT and 2000, you can enable the clearing of the paging (swap) file at shutdown (this change does not take effect until you restart the computer and requires Administrator privileges to set). This is a Windows NT security feature and the overwriting is performed by the operating system, not by Eraser. Clearing the paging file means that after closing all applications and after writing unused data to the disk, Windows overwrites all available space on the paging file with zeros. Since the overwriting is done at shutdown, all possible sensitive data should be overwritten and the small number of areas that are still inaccessible at the moment are used only by the operating system. This option is not available when running on Windows 95, 98 or ME and is disabled if the user does not Administrator privileges on the system.
On the second page you may set the preferences for the Scheduler user interface. These settings apply only for the Scheduler.
You can set the Scheduler (and therefore, the whole main application) to start automatically as a taskbar tray application every time you start Windows by selecting the "Start Scheduler at Windows startup" option. If you do not want to add another icon to your taskbar tray, select "No taskbar tray icon" option. If you would still like to move Eraser to the background by minimizing the window, select "Hide main window on minimize". To restore the hidden instance of the application, start another copy of the program and the background process will take over.
Scheduler also includes an option to log the occurred events into a file. This is useful for studying the success of operations afterwards. You can also set Scheduler to log only error messages and limit the size of the log file if you wish.
Scheduler can run multiple tasks at a time û you can start several tasks and they will all be processed simultaneously. However, processing multiple tasks requires lots of system resources and the excessive disk activity can slow down the system considerable amount. If you select "Queue Overlapping Tasks" option, Scheduler will not run multiple tasks, but will instead queue new tasks to be processed one at a time after the process currently being run has finished. When this option is selected and a task is being processed, the "Run" menu command will add the selected task to the queue and "Stop" will remove a task from the queue.
All visual error messages (dialog boxes) shown during the Scheduler operation will be dismissed in 15 seconds if no user intervention occurs, so you can safely leave the visual error messages enabled even when Scheduler is running for long times without supervision. However, the option to disable visual errors can be useful if you are an administrator of one or more computers with multiple users and do not want to confuse other users with possible error messages that may show up unexpectedly.
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The main application consists of two user interfaces, the On-Demand eraser and the Scheduler. On the left side of the main window you can find a bar from which you may select which user interface is to be shown. In addition to the user interfaces, the main application also includes the Eraser Explorer that can be opened by clicking the "Explorer" text on the folder bar.
Notice that even when you have the On-Demand view active, the Scheduler still runs on the background and performs the scheduled tasks normally. You can set the initial view which is shown when starting the application from the General Preferences window.
In addition to the Eraser bar, the main window provides two other ways for you to control the program execution, the main menu and the toolbar.
You can find a detailed description of the menu items from the Menu Reference subsection or by using the context-sensitive help system to view help for the selected user interface component. The status bar on the bottom of the main window shows you a brief description of the menu item as you browse through them.
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The On-Demand window consists of a list of data, which is to be erased. In the next section you will learn how to add data to the list.
The list has five columns showing you the name, size, type, the last modified date and the attributes associated with the data on a row.
The name column shows you the name and full path of a file or folder to erase or the name and letter of the drive whose unused space is to be erased.
The size column shows you the size of a file or if the data is a drive, the amount of free disk space. If a file is compressed, the compressed size (the actual space required on the disk) is shown.
The type column shows the name of the type associated with a file extension, or the type of data to be erased.
The last modified date column shows you when the selected file or folder has been last edited.
The attributes column shows the attribute flags associated with a file or a folder. The following letters are used to mark different flags set for the item:
R (read-only), H (hidden), S (system), A (archive), C (compressed), E (encrypted), T (temporary)
The compressed and encrypted flags are set only if the file or the folder is compressed or encrypted in the file system level. This of course requires a file system that supports these functions. If the data is a drive or the file or the folder has the normal attributes flag set, no letters will be shown.
You can refresh the list contents by selecting the Refresh command from the Edit menu or by pressing F5.
The pop-up menu shown above can be opened by right-clicking (or clicking with the secondary mouse button) the list. It contains some of the most used commands that are briefly discussed below.
The Properties menu item
(keyboard shortcut Alt+Enter) opens the task property window allowing you to edit the selected task.
The Delete menu item
(keyboard shortcut Del) removes the selected task from the list.
The Run menu item
(keyboard shortcut Ctrl+R) starts erasing tasks you have selected on the list after your confirmation.
The Run All menu item
(keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+R) starts erasing all tasks on the list after your confirmation.
The New Task menu item (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N) opens the task property window allowing you to enter a new task to the list.
You can get a detailed description of the menu items on the Menu Reference section or by using the context-sensitive help; click the help button on the toolbar and select the menu item whose help section you wish to open.
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The Scheduler window consists of a list very similar to the one in On-Demand view containing the scheduled tasks. In the next section you will learn how to schedule tasks and add them to the list.
The list has five columns showing you the name, type, last run time, next run time and schedule associated with the data on a row.
The name column shows you the name and full path of a file or folder scheduled to be erased or the letter of the drive whose unused disk space is to be erased.
The type column shows the name of the type associated with a file extension, or the type of data to be erased.
The last run column shows you the time when the task was last completed.
The next run column shows you when the task is scheduled to run next.
The schedule column shows you whether the task is scheduled to be run daily or weekly (and what day of the week).
You can refresh the list contents by selecting the Refresh command from the Edit menu or by pressing F5.
The pop-up menu shown above can be opened by right-clicking (or clicking with the secondary mouse button) the list. It contains some of the most used commands that are briefly discussed below.
The Properties menu item
(keyboard shortcut Alt+Enter) opens the task property window allowing you to edit the selected task.
The Delete menu item
(keyboard shortcut Del) removes the selected task from the list.
The Run menu item
(keyboard shortcut Ctrl+R) starts processing the selected task (without confirmation).
The Run All menu item
(keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+R) starts processing all items on the list. This is again done without asking for your confirmation; use this action with caution!
The Stop menu item
(keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S) stops processing the selected task or if the task is queued, removes it from the queue.
The New Task menu item (keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N) opens the task property window allowing you to enter a new task to the list.
You can get a detailed description of the menu items on the Menu Reference section or by using the context-sensitive help; click the help button on the toolbar and select the menu item whose help section you wish to open.
From the Scheduler page of the General Preferences window you can change several settings for the Scheduler. As default the Scheduler is set to run at Windows startup and the next time you start Windows, you will indeed notice a new icon on the taskbar tray area.
You can open the main window by double-clicking the icon or open a pop-up menu by right clicking it.
The menu contains items allowing you to open the main window, change the Scheduler state, edit preferences and quit the application.
If you deselect the "Enabled" option on the tray menu, it will set the Scheduler to a disabled state meaning that it ignores all scheduled tasks until you enable it again. This is useful if you are working on something and do not want erasing to slow down the system during that time.
The tray icon will change to signal when the Scheduler is disabled and also when it is running one or more tasks. The icon tool tip will tell you when the next task is scheduled to run.
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In addition to the two user interfaces for the Eraser library introduced before, the main application also provides you a convenient way to use Windows Explorer capabilities within Eraser.
The Eraser Explorer allows you to browse through your computer, drag and drop files to the On-Demand eraser and even use the Shell Extension to erase data. Please notice that items in the Task menu are not available when using Eraser Explorer.
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As of version 5.6 Eraser now includes Darik's 'Boot and Nuke'
Description:
Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers.
DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an
appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
1. Place a floppy in your a: drive.
2. Click on the Start button and then choose Programs->Eraser->Create Boot Nuke Disk.
3. Ensure 'Writing on Floppy' is ticked.
Tick 'Formatting' if your floppy needs to be formatted.
4. Click OK.
Result: Your Boot Nuke Disk has now been created.
5. Boot up your PC with the floppy still remaining in your a: drive.
Result: All drives will now be erased.
IMPORTANT: USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION
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Q. How do I use Eraser in DOS?
A. Boot up your PC in DOS and then run EraserD.exe (found in the Eraser Directory).
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Introduction
╖ Overview
╖ Why to use it?
╖ Program Information
Legal
System Requirements
Installed Components
Using Eraser
╖ Step-by-Step
Step-by-Step
Erasing Data steps_download_3b
Step 1: Choose User Interface
Step 2: Select Data
Step 3: Choose Method
Step 4: Confirm and Erase
╖ Configuration
Erasing
General
╖ User interfaces
User Interfaces
Eraser
Basics
On-Demand
Basics
Entering Data
Erasing
Step-by-Step
Scheduler
Basics
Entering Data
Running Tasks
Viewing Results
Step-by-Step
Explorer
Basics
Drag and Drop
Shell Extension
Menu Reference
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Process Menu
Help Menu
Shell Extension
Basics
Selecting Data
Erasing
Secure Move
Step-by-Step
Launcher
Basics
Erasing
Step-by-Step
╖ Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
Erasing Browser Cache and Email
Erasing Recycle Bin
Erasing Paging (Swap) File
Erasing All Data on Drive
╖ What Does It Do?
When Erasing Files
When Erasing Unused Disk Space
╖ When to Use It?
When to Use It?
Special Cases
Common Security Problems
Advanced Topics
╖ Advanced Topics
╖ Abstract
Deleting Files
Overwriting Properly
Government Regulations
╖ Overwriting Methods in Detail
Gutmann
US DoD 5220.22-M
Pseudorandom Data
╖ Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory
Abstract
Introduction
Methods of Recovery for Data stored on Magnetic Media
Erasure of Data stored on Magnetic Media
Other Methods of Erasing Magnetic Media
Further Problems with Magnetic Media
Sidestepping the Problem
Methods of Recovery for Data stored in Random-Access Memory
Erasure of Data stored in Random-Access Memory
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Support
╖ Frequently Asked Questions
╖ Problems?
╖ Upgrading
╖ Author
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Use this command to create a task to be added to the On-Demand or the Scheduler list. Use the task properties window to define properties of the newly created task.
Shortcuts
Toolbar:
Keys: Ctrl+N
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On the first page of the task properties window you can set the data to be erased.
If you want to erase unused data on a drive, choose the first option and select a drive from the list. If you select "All local hard drives", Eraser will overwrite unused space on every hard drive on the computer.
If you want to erase files in a folder, choose the second option and click the button to browse to the folder to be erased. If you do not want all files in the subfolders be erased as well, deselect the "Subfolders" option. If you would like the folder to be removed after erasing, select the "Remove Folder(s)" option, which will also force erasing of subfolders. You can leave the main folder and remove only subfolders by selecting the "Only Subfolders" option.
If you want to erase a file, choose the third option, click the button to open a file selection dialog box and browse to the file you want to be erased. If you select the "Use Wildcards" option, you may edit the filename manually and include wildcards in it û e.g. "C:\Windows\Temp\*.tmp" would erase all files with ".tmp" extension from the "C:\Windows\Temp" folder. If you want the wildcard search to be extended to the subfolders, select "Include Subfolders" û if this option is selected the previous command would also erase all files with ".tmp" extension from the subfolders of "C:\Windows\Temp" directory.
When using the On-Demand eraser, you can select the "Keep Task on List" option to set the task to stay on the list even after being erased û otherwise the task will be removed from the list after being processed. This option is not available when using the Scheduler.
When using the On-Demand eraser, this is the only information you will need to specify for a task. If you are using the Scheduler, you will need to continue to the next page.
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If you are using the Scheduler, in addition to what, you will also need to specify when to erase.
You can set a task to be processed daily or weekly by selecting the desired schedule from the list.
After selecting the day, you will need to enter the time of the day. The PM check box is available only if Windows is set to have 12-hour clock.
After saving the task by clicking OK, the Scheduler will run it at scheduled time. To view the results and statistics for the run, continue to the last page (only available on the Scheduler).
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Task Properties - Statistics
On the last page you can view the statistics for the scheduled runs.
The page provides information about the success of the procedures and also gives statistics for the completed runs. The statistics will be reset when you change the data to be erased. You can also manually reset the statistics by pressing the "Reset" button.
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View Log command (File menu)
Use this command to open the Scheduler log file with an associated viewer (if the file exists). To learn more about the Scheduler logging feature, see Viewing Results.
Shortcuts
Keys: Ctrl+L
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Import command (File menu)
Use this command to import tasks from file.
For example, if you were previously using Eraser 4.1, you can export the scheduled tasks into a file, uninstall Eraser 4.1, install the new version and import the old tasks to be used with the new Scheduler. This way you do not need to re-enter all tasks manually.
You can export tasks into a file by using the export command.
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Export command (File menu)
Use this command to export all tasks defined in the On-Demand eraser and the Scheduler into a file. The file format
Used by this version of Eraser is not compatible with the old version.
However, you may still import tasks from files created with older versions of Eraser using the import command.
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Delete command (Edit menu)
Use this command to remove the selected tasks from the list.
Shortcuts
Toolbar:
Keys: Del
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Properties command (Edit menu)
Use this command to edit the properties of the selected task using the task properties window.
Shortcuts
Toolbar:
Keys: Alt+Enter
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Refresh command (Edit menu)
Use this command to refresh the list.
Shortcuts
Keys: F5
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Eraser will show you progress information while erasing data. You can stop erasing any time by pressing the Stop button.
The window consists of the following sections:
The type of the data being erased; possible values are
Files When erasing files
Unused disk space When erasing unused disk space
Source files When using the Secure Move feature
Recycle Bin When erasing Recycle Bin
The task currently being processed; possible values are
Overwriting When erasing files or unused disk space
File names When erasing files
Cluster tips When erasing unused disk space
Directory entries When erasing unused disk space
Master File Table records When erasing unused disk space (Windows NT/2000 and NTFS drives only)
The data being erased
File name When erasing files or cluster tips
Drive letter When erasing unused disk space
The pass information ([current] of [total])
When erasing unused disk space Eraser will write several temporary files to the drive instead of one huge to improve performance and this value will show the pass being written to the current temporary file.
The estimated time left to finish
Nothing will be shown if less than five seconds.
The progress bar (percent completed)
Progress information on the top progress bar shows completion percent for the item currently being processed, and the bottom progress bar shows the total progress.
When using the Shell Extension there will be a check box on the bottom of the window allowing you to choose whether to show the results (you can also change this setting using the General Preferences window). When using other user interfaces or when the show results option is selected, the Erasing Report window will be shown after the operation.
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Run command (Process menu)
Use this command to start the erasing of the selected items on the list when using the On-Demand eraser or start running of the selected task when using the Scheduler.
Shortcuts
Toolbar:
Keys: Ctrl+R
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Run All command (Process menu)
Use this command to start the erasing of all items on the list when using the On-Demand eraser or start running all tasks when using the Scheduler.
Shortcuts
Toolbar:
Keys: Ctrl+Alt+R
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Stop command (Process menu)
Use this command to stop the processing of the selected task on the Scheduler.
Shortcuts
Toolbar:
Keys: Ctrl+S
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Open command (Tray menu)
Use this command to open the main window. You can minimize it again to the taskbar tray using the minimize command.
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Enabled command (Tray menu)
Use this command to change the Scheduler state to disabled. When the Scheduler is disabled, it ignores the scheduled tasks until you enable it again.
The tray icon will change to signal when the Scheduler is in disabled state. See the basics of the Scheduler for more information.
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Information Bar command (View menu)
Use this command to display and hide the Information Bar, shows the selected view (On-Demand, Scheduler or Explorer). A check mark appears next to the menu item when the Information Bar is displayed.
See Information Bar for more information.
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Information Bar
The information bar is displayed at the top of the list. To display or hide the information bar, use the Information Bar command in the View menu.
The information bar shows the name of the selected view: On-Demand, Scheduler or Explorer.
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About command (Help menu)
Use this command to display the copyright notice and version number of your copy of Eraser.
