How to Restore a System After Installing Desktop for Windows

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q82858

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SUMMARY

Norton Desktop for Windows (NDW) versions 1.x and 2.0 create two sets of backup files to store the configuration of both the MS-DOS environment and the Microsoft Windows environment.

The first set of files have the .ND0 file extension. These files are the original configuration files that were used by both MS-DOS and Windows prior to the original installation of Norton Desktop for Windows.

For Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0, you have the following files:

   AUTOEXEC.ND0
   CONFIG.ND0
   WIN.ND0
   SYSTEM.ND0

For Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0, you have the following files:

   CONFIG.NDW
   AUTOEXEC.NDW
   WIN.NDW
   SYSTEM.NDW

The second set of files have the .NDW file extension. The .NDW files are the configuration files prior to the most recent installation of Norton Desktop for Windows. These files are replaced with subsequent installation of Norton Desktop for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

To return Windows and MS-DOS to the state they were in before Norton Desktop for Windows was installed, copy the *.ND0 files to the original system files with the appropriate extension. For example, to restore the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt:

   copy autoexec.nd0 autoexec.bat

You will be left with a number of extraneous files in the various directories; however, Windows will run as it originally did.

For more information of removing all Norton Desktop for Windows files, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   norton and desktop and windows and 3.1

Norton Desktop for Windows is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbenv
KBSubcategory: win31 winshell
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.1 1.00 1.10 1.0 1.1 2.0 winfest

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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