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Saving Norton before format
Name: Tboy Date: May 7, 2008 at 08:59:23 Pacific OS: XP home CPU/Ram: 1gig
Comment:
I'm about to format a computer, the Norton still has about 300 days left on it, is there away I can get Norton back after the format?
Better yet, dump Norton altogether & use one of the freebies such as or Avast! or AVG Free.
Why are you formatting??
"And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"
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Response Number 3
Name: bluejay Date: May 7, 2008 at 09:57:20 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have the cd? If so just reinstall from it. You will have to register it with symantec again so you need your product key. Then update definitions. That's all there is to it. As a note, install nav before connecting to internet, then update right away.
Norton sucks, but if you like it, simply reinstall it.
Sometimes reformatting/reinstalling is quicker, sometimes it's not. Either way, you have a lot of work ahead of you. Hopefully you have copies of all the device drivers & other programs that you'll be wiping out?
"And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"
Nothing to it, I do this all the time, just never tried to save Norton.
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Response Number 8
Name: bluejay Date: May 7, 2008 at 11:25:07 Pacific
Reply:
It seems that this is not his machine so dumping is not an option. As far as picking up at 300 days, it should by the product key. One time I reformatted and reactivated Norton and somehow got a full year. But I have dumped it for NOD32.
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Response Number 9
Name: kx5m2g Date: May 7, 2008 at 11:37:28 Pacific
Reply:
It might be better to first uninstall Norton before reformatting and later reinstalling.
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