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Acronis Drive eraser not erasing

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I have Acronis 2011 and I am trying to wipe data from a partition in Windows 7. When I use the drive cleaner and hit start it LOOKS like it is working and when I check on the drive partition properties it shows a decreasing amount of free space as it is supposedly working. After about three hours this free space drops to zero and Acronis shows a completed status. However, drive properties now shows the original free space amount and no files have been deleted.
I downloaded the Western Digital drive eraser and the same exact thing happened (not surprisingly as the interface looked identical to the paid one I used before). I have also downloaded and tried other drive erasing software and get similar results.

Why won't my data over write?

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