I got a 'Norton Protected Recycle Bin' Icon that replaced the trashcan when Systemwoks was installed
You could try Properties and turn it off for all drives, then after it finishes with the drives, and a reboot see what the system reports JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Gundersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:26 PM Subject: Re: Suddenly - well slowly I am losong Hdd space? Eureka!!!! But ????? :>(( On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:26:42 +0100, you wrote: >NPROTECT is not a proper OS managed directory of files - > >It is a list of files that did exist, and indications of where those files >were ( partition, and directory structure) >It has to be processed by Norton Protect facility >Right click and select empty ( there may be a lot of disk usage - for 10GB >perhaps 30 minutes before it completes the process >Then Right click and empty the normal recycle bin. Are you talking about R click on trash can? If so then the delete protected files don't do anything. If there is another R click option tell me about it.... > >You can tell when its finished most processes - the desktop icon reverts to >it's normal presentation and right-click modes >It's fully finished when your Windows explorer whinedows refresh, and the >disk usage light finally stops showing bursts of activity - >You shouldn't reboot till all that activity is completed > >Then consider turning Norton protect off, or restricting it's >processing/retention on a drive by drive basis It's only protecting files on C; but is technically OFF at the moment. > >Finally, beware - >For each drive, Norton Unerase >only holds a maximum of the last 1500 files deleted by means that are not >normally retained by the OS wastebin facility >and - to the limit you set using the drive percentage ( that's the complete >PARTITION, not the available portion of it ) >and Norton staff do not understand the differences between a partition, a >drive, and the systems storage > >JimB > >Not a fan of Symantec products, Norton stuff included since the >'Symantecised' versions > Got any other suggestions as to similar software? Sir Hugh of Bognor Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it! Hugh Gundersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bognor-bill.co.uk Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK ------------------------------------------------- Vyisder Asmeni Orsisarsis Asderisorsis. B.Cozderiz Vunarz PERORZ ------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
