I can't get Drive Wiper to work on either my Windows 7 laptop or Vista desktop PC.
Here is what I am trying to do:
On both laptop and PC I have a small partition I created called "Backup and Maintenance" which is where I download and keep all my program exe files as well as drivers and other files relating to my computer. It is this partition on both laptop and PC I am trying to wipe as a test.
I started up CCleaner and chose Tools -> Drive Wiper then
Wipe: Entire Drive
Security: Simple Overwrite (1 pass)
I then click on the appropriate drive and then click "Wipe"
I type the word ERASE as prompted and click OK
A progress bar headed "Formatting" appears very quickly followed by a Windows error box "CCleaner has stopped working" with the usual choice of "Check online for a solution and close the program" or "Close the program". "View problem details" shows the following on my Vista PC:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: CCleaner.exe
Application Version: 3.0.0.1303
Application Timestamp: 4cc867bb
Fault Module Name: CCleaner.exe
Fault Module Version: 3.0.0.1303
Fault Module Timestamp: 4cc867bb
Exception Offset: 00047d8e
Exception Code: c000000d
Exception Data: 00000000
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057
Additional Information 1: 7d6e
Additional Information 2: a11fa91365189298221a0a41a982033b
Additional Information 3: b121
Additional Information 4: 55b26c2b1c840eace7ba48766d585804
I haven't got access to my laptop at this moment but the details were much the same.
Choosing the Free Space wipe only option in Drive Wiper works perfectly fine.