erase empty space on my hd

[mantra]

Hi
i 'm looking for a safe & trusty program that let me erase/clean empty space of my hd


the only program i have i jv16 power tool but it 's often buggy and i'm scarry that can mess my pc


thanks
have a nice day

[innerpeace]

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/quickstart.php

I haven't used it myself, but it has a loyal following.

Edit: from their FAQ's
-{ Quote: "Which operating systems does Eraser support?
Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP (all versions, with or without service packs). Eraser has not been tested on other platforms.
It works with any drive including IDE, SCSI and RAID. Also CD-RW's.

Will the very old versions of Eraser allow me to do a freespace wipe in XP?
No. You must use the latest Eraser Version 5.7 (or 5.6) to do this. " }-

[Ocky]

I use Blowfish Advanced CS 2.57 without Installer – Open Source, although
for some reason it doesn't seem very popular amongst our members. For me
it does a good job and seems to speed up things. I first use it to clear
empty disc space and then defrag. Here is the link to the site :-
http://www.lassekolb.info/bfacs.htm
Be sure to read the pdf manual. Another useful function is 'Deslack' (but
rather not use it on your OS drive - it's fine on non-system drives). This is
what it does:-
"When data is stored into a file the operating systems allocates as much clusters (the smallest logical unit of a drive) on the data medium as needed to keep all the file's data. A cluster has a fixed size, e.g. 512 bytes up to 32 kB, depending on the file system. Most of all files don't fit exactly into the cluster grid, of course.

The unused space in the last cluster of a file is called slack and may contain (sensitive) data from deleted files.

You can clear the slack of the selected files and files in (sub)folders by using this menu entry."

Regards

[pandlouk]

DiskRedactor is great utility for wiping free space in my windows partitions.
It is very easy to use and completely free.
http://www.cezeo.com/products/disk-redactor/

ps. this little program is portable which make it even better.

[mantra]

i used sdelete http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx

[Birdman]

-{ Quote: "http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/quickstart.php

I haven't used it myself, but it has a loyal following." }-

I downloaded this after reading many positive reviews about it. After installation, I ran it through Explorer to erase the unused space on my C:/ drive. It took about an hour to complete (no issues). Some files (FD-ISR, Kaspersky, Counterspy, etc) were locked and could not be accessed. After reboot, I decided to run it again and see how long it would complete after already deleting the previous old data. To my surprise, the 2nd go around took just as long as the 1st sweep. Does this sound right?

I'm beginning to wonder if this software even works.

[innerpeace]

-{ Quote: "I downloaded this after reading many positive reviews about it. After installation, I ran it through Explorer to erase the unused space on my C:/ drive. It took about an hour to complete (no issues). Some files (FD-ISR, Kaspersky, Counterspy, etc) were locked and could not be accessed. After reboot, I decided to run it again and see how long it would complete after already deleting the previous old data. To my surprise, the 2nd go around took just as long as the 1st sweep. Does this sound right?

I'm beginning to wonder if this software even works." }-
I haven't used the program, but found this from their FAQ's. (http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/faq.php#Unused)
-{ Quote: "When I erase unused disk space I get a warning saying that the disk is full! Is this normal? What should I do?

When erasing free disk space, Eraser fills your hard drive with temporary files and overwrites them. Therefore, for a short period of time, there will be no space left on your hard drive and Windows warns you about this. You don't have to run Disk Cleanup, and can safely ignore the warning message, because when Eraser is done, it will delete all temporary files it created." }-
While the question is not what you asked, the part I made bold could be the reason why it takes so long. Someone would have to confirm this.

[nanana1]

-{ Quote: "http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/quickstart.php

I haven't used it myself, but it has a loyal following.

Edit: from their FAQ's" }-

This software was great, now I am not sure.
Read their forum and you may read about their recent turmoil with this software development:thumbd:

[markymoo]

mantra what's wrong with the Wipe03 i recommended for wiping deleted MFT entries? It will also wipe unused space and many other types of wipes plus it free.

http://myplanetsoft.com/free/wipehelp.php