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#1 Retire48

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Posted 14 June 2005 - 11:16 PM

Hi, I gave my old computer (Windows 98) to my father and he inadvertently deleted a Symantec file (part of Norton Internet Security). The computer now gives an error message Symantec cannot find in C: Progra~1/Symantec/SYMEVNT.386 then freezes. On restart it goes into safe mode.

We think that the file is still in the recycle bin. Is there a way to retrieve this file from the recycle bin in safe mode? If so, will moving it back resolve the problem?

Any help is appreciated!

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Posted 14 June 2005 - 11:58 PM

You can do this, right click the recycle bin then explore, click the symantec file to highlight then right click and select restore, it should solve it

#3 Retire48

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Posted 15 June 2005 - 05:03 PM

Thanks for the response. However, this doesn't seem to work in safe-mode. Am I missing something?

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Posted 15 June 2005 - 05:17 PM

I booted a 98SE PC to safe mode and deleted then restored a file in safe mode, which bit does not work?

#5 Retire48

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Posted 15 June 2005 - 07:32 PM

He can't access the recycle bin in safe-mode.

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