26-December-2006 ================ V5.82 Fixed issues with Freespace Erase V5.81 Fixed issues with First/Last 2Kb Erase V5.8 Final 5.8 release V5.8 Option to erase first and last 2k of a file i.e a ultra quick erase Option to password protect the app from unauthorised usage. Erase files on reboot Secure moving of files When erasing recycle bin also erase norton unerase files. Option to shutdown or reboot after finishing the erase process The Win64 version is also available. V5.7a Thanks to Gerard Molnar fixed a problem with the installer on Win95 V5.7 Fixed icon issue. Upgraded DBAN To 1.0.1 Improvments to alternative datastreams submitted by Sami Minor Typo errors in help files files. V5.6a 19-Jan-2003 Very minor upgrade - Just reinstall Many thanks to Steven Michael for the cool new icons. Much appreciated. DBAN is now wrapped in a winimage self extractor. This will make things easier for those who prefer GUI apps. To use this option: 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 Fixed a few typos in the installer V5.6 16-Dec-2002 1. Eraser now includes 'Darik's Boot and Nuke' disk. There is a new directory under Eraser called 'boot'. For a summary: '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.' V5.541 24-Nov-2002 (Final) 1. Fixed issue with Verify.exe not picking up files. 2. Fixed issue with installing to long pathnames. Eraser giving (null) when clicking on recycle bin was due to it not finding eraser in long installed pathnames. 3. In this release all exe's including the installer. (except Eraserd.exe - Dos app which cannot be signed) and dll's have been digitally signed. In explorer right click and select properties. A tab with digital signatures will appear. It should verify as OK. If not there is a problem. V5.54 05-Nov-2002 (*BETA*) 1. Fixes for XP freespace erase. Note: those who found they has 100's of random files left in their root dir after a crash can now delete them by 'del eraser*.*' as they will be called e.g eraser345987f.6fd 2. system now confirms the overwrite of your scheduler file on install. V5.53 30-Aug-2002 1. Complete rewrite of installer. Now using the Free Innosetup by jrsoftware. 2. Registery entries not uninstalled by previous version now fixed. 3. Problems with being unable to uninstall should be fixed. V5.52 29-July-2002 1. Fixed some dialog problems as per http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q320479 This will need to be fixed to allow selection of files in hidden directories. 2. (Beta) Eraser can now delete files on reboot - Under schedule task set the day to 'Reboot' This is a new feature and will be altered and redesigned according to feedback. V5.51 1. Fixed corrupted eraserd. Now tested with FreeDOS. 2. Fixed issue where eraser was not pointing to correct registry entries. V5.5 08-Dec-2002 This version addresses all of the upgrade issues we had with converting to C7 1. Installer After testing with the windows installer we concluded that 1. There are still too many users without the windows installer. 2. Installing the installer runtime is a major download. 3. Many users did not know what to do with an .msi file 2. Import/export/save dialogs no longer worked with C++7. Fixed 3. EraserD was compiled with VC8 which we did not have so after scouring the net the digital mars compiler was found. See www.digitalmars.com this is a great product works with WIN32 as well. I was amazed that we could recompile with little effort.For the dos version many users have asked for the ability to bootup a machine and erase it from the floppy. We are experimenting with creating a FAT32 boot disk using FreeDOS see http://www.freedos.com this would allow you to erase > 2gig partitions. 4. Fixed the Delphi example 5. Beta version of the boot erase option. V5.4.1 This version fixed problems with the VC7 MFC libraries and we created a new installer. V5.4 This is the first release since we took on maintaining eraser from Sami Tolvanen Changes: Updated to work with windows XP. Program now compiled with Visual C++.NET.
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