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Norton Protected Recycle Bin
Name: nathany2k Date: July 25, 2006 at 09:11:45 Pacific OS: windows xp home CPU/Ram: pentium 4 2.8 ghz 512mb r
Comment:
do anyone know how to get to the files that are in Norton Protected Recycle Bin i do it nomally by right clicking and going to unerase wizard but my norton as run out and it asking me to actvate it but i dont want it any more i just want to get the file it protected do anyone know where they are
Name: mattie Date: July 25, 2006 at 10:43:38 Pacific
Reply:
uninstall NIS if you don't want it anymore (good luck :-) ... it should restore the protected files then.
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Response Number 2
Name: Ivan_K Date: July 25, 2006 at 10:53:24 Pacific
Reply:
May be mattie right! I think Norton Protected Recycle Bin compresses this files in a special way so WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM YOU CANNOT RECOVER THEM. Sorry.
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Response Number 3
Name: nathany2k Date: July 25, 2006 at 11:10:21 Pacific
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i remove norton but i still cant find the files it was protecting seem like they have gone all together
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Response Number 4
Name: Woof Date: July 25, 2006 at 11:50:06 Pacific
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open a command prompt cd to the recycle bin on the drive in question
type "attrib -h nprotect" (without the quotes and hit enter
type "attrib -s nprotect" (without the quotes and hit enter
type "attrib -a nprotect" (without the quotes and hit enter
cd nprotect del *.*
I have to dso this on my dual boot system as I don`t have norton installed on my XP partition
HTH
Woof
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Response Number 5
Name: nathany2k Date: July 25, 2006 at 12:51:16 Pacific
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i dont understand i am newbie
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Response Number 6
Name: Woof Date: July 27, 2006 at 10:58:42 Pacific
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click on the start button click on run type cmd then hit enter type cd\ then hit enter
type "attrib -h nprotect" (without the quotes and hit enter)
type "attrib -s nprotect" (without the quotes and hit enter)
type "attrib -a nprotect" (without the quotes and hit enter)
type cd nprotect then hit enter type del *.* then hit enter then hiy y when asked to confirm file deletion
HTH
Woof
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