Secure deletion issue

This problem has only occured recently but if I run the cleaner with secure deletion it hangs at G:\$Recycle.Bin\$RNT235J.nba Yesterday I let it hang for about 10 hours!

I've been using the cleaner for some years now with no problems and this is only a very recent thing.

G is an external hard disk - a 250Gb Iomega.

It doesn't happen if I disconnect the external disk so the problem doesn't appear to exist with the C Drive. Nor is it a problem if I don't use secure deletion. I have emptied the Recycle Bin using the normal Windows process so there shouldn't be anything in it to delete or overpass.

As it's a recent thing I've also tried going back to an earlier version of the Cleaner in case it's a bug in the new version but still no joy. I've also tried running from Safe Mode but still it hangs.

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium and I have Norton 360 and also use Nero Autoback Up.

Just as I've got really paranoid about the governemnt spying on me too!

Well, talk about sod's law! I've been fiddling with this for two days now and set it to run one last time while I watched the Grand Prix and when I come back up to my PC the problem seems to have cleared. My daughter's a programmer and I sometimes ask here how it is that computers don't always do the same thing - for example mine seems to boot up differently each time I use it. She says it's because computers are evil - I think she must be right!