"Norton Protected Files"

lukin · 2005-09-20 14:06:27

You know in Norton Systemworks when you right-click on "Norton Protected Recycle Bin" on the desktop and choose "Empty Norton Protected Files"? Why is that doing this always frees up a lot of hard drive space? There are often thousands of files to be deleted but their location is a mystery it would seem. I have sometimes…

20-09-2005 02:06PM

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lukin

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You know in Norton Systemworks when you right-click on "Norton Protected Recycle Bin" on the desktop and choose "Empty Norton Protected Files"?
Why is that doing this always frees up a lot of hard drive space?
There are often thousands of files to be deleted but their location is a mystery it would seem.
I have sometimes gained 5 or 10 GB from deleting these files. What exactly are they does anyone know? Does it do any harm to delete them?
Just curious.

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#2 20-09-2005 03:36PM

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AFAIK it works just like the Recycle Bin, only it protects more files, such as saving files deleted over the network for example. It also saves a copy of a file whenever it is modified, which would explain why it can take up so much space. Google for more info.

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#3 20-09-2005 06:04PM

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Thanks, I'll do that.

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