Norton And Hd Prob

SIRCOOKS · #1 27th Dec 03, 05:09 AM

i have a 200gb hd in my comp attached to my raid card, im running xp pro as well as norton 2003.......i noticed today that when i entered some of my folders on the drive that alot of the files were missing, but when i went to my comp it says the comp was full, so i didn't delete anything or move anything, i ran windows tune up utilities and it said that i mus turn off something running in the norton software that almost send the things to another recycle bin which i can see...can anyone help or even remotely know what i am talking about, i have norton complete sustem works...holla back

unicorn · #2 27th Dec 03, 06:13 AM

I vaguely remember a Norton recycle bin that used to be a part of all that Norton stuff. Find it, rightclick it and either empty it or set it to zero-size (disabling it) or both maybe... Not everybody needs two recycle bins. Maybe this doesn't help a shit. Sorry for beeing so unprecisely. I ditched all Norton stuff way back but that is another topic (I mean, what do you need it for?)

Dave · #3 27th Dec 03, 08:12 AM

Like Unicorn said, "Norton protected" is like a second recycle bin.

To see whats in it you need to right click on the recycle bin and select "properties".
Under the recycle bin tab, choose "Double clicking opens all protected files".

To disable it go to the "Norton Protection" tab, hit the button to empty protected files, then uncheck the box "enable protection".
You may be suprised at all the junk in there and how much space it was taking.
Dave

rikytik · #4 27th Dec 03, 09:34 AM

Indeed. And you forget about it, so I emptied the norton recycle bin and then disabled it in "Properties" when you right click on the bin. If you disable it before purging it, you can't get rid of the deleted files later.

SIRCOOKS · #5 27th Dec 03, 01:09 PM

now i did all that stuff and the files are still not showning back up, i just reinstalled xp christmas day so i know they can allreay be gone..is there anyother way to search the drive, cause the drive is still saying its full, with the files gone that i know are missing i should be atleast 10 gigs short, plz help these are important files

robinwilson16 · #6 28th Dec 03, 08:15 PM

Have you tried searching your hard drive for the exact files?

Make sure you tick search hidden folders.

If someone else has been on your computer and deleted them you should be able to get them back by purchasing some undelete software like Norton :P undelete then change your user/pass

Hope this helps