On 2008-07-29 13:02:32 +0100, Curmudgeon <leave@me.alone> said:
> In article <no-3AB4A5.14470629072008@freenews.iinet.net.au>, Andy > <no@spam.no> wrote: > >> In article <6f6cqoF9tqvfU1@mid.individual.net>, >> Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Just a quick question - you're not *really* using Norton any more are >>> you? I can't remember if the latest version of Norton is good or bad, >>> but earlier versions have been pretty appalling and actually *caused* >>> filesystem corruption. Personally I'd avoid Norton altogether. >> >> You beat me to it. Norton? Jesus... > > No, that Norton stuff is vestigial. I haven't used it at all for years > except under 9.2.2 to attempt some file recovery (which actually worked > very well). I have DiskWarrior and FileSalvage on hand now so I should > never need it again.
Phew. I was fooled by the dates on some of the Norton files looking pretty recent.