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Reverting your hard disk
Revert your hard disk
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6 Click Yes.
A Norton GoBack progress bar appears.
7 Click OK.
After your computer restarts, your hard disk will be reverted to the date and time selected.
Boot from a floppy disk with Norton GoBack protection
For programs requiring a floppy disk to get started, you can use Norton GoBack to ensure that, if needed, you can revert back to a date or time before you ran the program.
To boot from a floppy disk
1 Restart your computer.
2 When the Norton GoBack Boot screen appears, press the spacebar.
3 Insert the program’s floppy disk into drive A.
4 On the Norton GoBack boot menu, click
Boot from
Floppy.
Your computer will boot into the program.
Clear your computer’s history
Norton GoBack lets you clear your computer’s history to prevent anyone from seeing information that has been changed or deleted.
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When you clear Norton GoBack history, you also take away your ability to revert to the times that you have cleared. Norton GoBack cannot restore a history that you have cleared.
To clear Norton GoBack history
1 In the Norton GoBack main window, click Options.
2 Select the drive you wish to clear.
3 Click Clear Norton GoBack History.
A message informs you that clearing the history is a permanent action that cannot be undone.
4 To continue clearing the history, click Yes.
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Disable or enable Norton GoBack
Disable or enable Norton GoBack
When you disable Norton GoBack, all history information is cleared and you will be unable to revert your hard disk until Norton GoBack is enabled again.
You can disable Norton GoBack from the main window or from the boot menu.
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Norton GoBack will not track any information while it is disabled.
For more information, see the online Help.
Disabling Norton GoBack requires that you restart your computer.
To disable Norton GoBack from the main window
1 In the Norton GoBack main window, click Options.
2 Click Disable Norton GoBack.
A message informs you that disabling Norton GoBack will clear the history and prevent any reverting.
3 Click OK.
Your computer will automatically restart and Norton
GoBack will be disabled.
To disable Norton GoBack from the boot menu
1 Restart your computer.
2 When the Norton GoBack Boot Screen appears, press the SPACEBAR.
3 On the Norton GoBack boot menu, click Disable.
A message will appear letting you know that disabling
Norton GoBack will clear the history and you will no longer be able to recover data from the past.
4 Click Yes.
5 Click Continue.
Your computer will automatically restart and Norton
GoBack will be disabled.
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Hide/show the Norton GoBack Windows system tray icon
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To enable Norton GoBack
1 Start Norton GoBack.
A message will appear reminding you that Norton
GoBack is currently disabled.
2 Click Yes to enable Norton GoBack.
Your computer will automatically restart and Norton
GoBack will be enabled.
Hide/show the Norton GoBack Windows system tray icon
When Norton GoBack is installed, its icon automatically appears in the Windows system tray for easy access when you need to restore your hard disk.
To hide the Norton GoBack icon in the Windows system tray
1 In the Norton GoBack main window, click Options.
2 Uncheck Icon in System Tray.
If the box is checked, the icon appears in the Windows system tray. If the box is unchecked, the icon is hidden.
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Hide/show the Norton GoBack Windows system tray icon
Maintaining password security
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Norton Password Manager protects your Windows program and Internet logon information, and stores address and credit card information for e-commerce transactions. Norton Password Manager automatically recognizes programs and Web sites that require you to log on, and, with your consent, provides the logon information automatically. The information you store in
Norton Password Manager is encrypted.
Norton Password Manager also helps you to create passwords that are hard to guess. This increased security makes your computing activity more secure.
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