Eraser

I don't know if this program "used" to work, but I've been running Windows 10 and this is the crappiest most hyped free space removal tool I've ever seen. When erasing the recycle bin only, 100% of the time it erases no files because "the file names are too long". Sometimes the file names are a single number such as "0". Then there's the fact that it doesn't erase the cluster tips on ANY of the files when wiping free space. Usually you want to erase the cluster tips because even if you wipe the free space, as long as the cluster tips exist the files can still technically be reconstructed by a skilled individual. Usually, only protected files of the operating system are forbidden from having their cluster tips erased. However, when wiping free space I will get tens of thousands of error notifications that the cluster tips of each file in Free Space wasn't erased. And it's free software, so don't expect any technical support. And the forums are only full of people with similar problems as you are with few to no solutions.

BEWARE! Destroyed my partition table, received blue screen of death trying to erase a partition on a separate drive from where my system partition is. I was very careful in selecting the correct partition. Yet instead of erasing the partition it messed up my partition tables preventing me from booting. I received an immediate BSOD upon executing the command. My system drive is an NVMe so perhaps this tool does not support that.

OMG, Eraser totally deleted all the data on my hard drive, not just the empty space! I have to reformat the drive to use! I've been a user for years, but hadn't used 6.2 until today. They must have changed the code to delete everything in a drive or folder instead of just scrubbing the space used by stuff that was already deleted. Make sure you back up your drive before you use this!

Error after error

I can't install this new version 6.2.0.2969. It says that it is not a valid Win32 program. I am running WinXP.