I have Norton. Can I use it to scan an external drive? I want to be sure to get rid of anything bad before hooking it up to other computers.
2006-09-18 08:43:40 · 9 answers · asked by city_savvy 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Yes you can. If you have the external hard drive plugged into you computer you should be able to see it at MY COMPUTER. Right click on the drive and choose the option that says SCAN WITH NORTON ANTIVIRUS.
That is about it. The only thing left to do is wait for it to finish and you are set.
Good luck!
2006-09-18 08:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by Niemand 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hook it up to your computer and run norton, it will automatically scan both your hard drive and the external
2006-09-18 08:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by exodus64_1996 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hook the hard drive to you computer.
When you'll initiate the scan with Norton, select the external hard drive instead of you local C drive.
2006-09-18 08:47:24 · answer #3 · answered by zeonic_ace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is yes. Select the Norton software box and then "perform scan." Then tell it the drive you want scanned.
2006-09-18 08:47:18 · answer #4 · answered by Joseph G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy to scan. Open my computer (double click), then right click on the external drive and select from the dropdown "scan for viruses" that's it!
2006-09-18 08:52:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
you can as as long as the computer recognises the hard drive it
doesnt matter if its external or internal you can set norton to scan it ...
2006-09-18 08:46:50 · answer #6 · answered by bluebottle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have to install norton on the external hard drive.
2006-09-18 09:10:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ur external drive should be safe if u have it powered off when u dont use it.......
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2006-09-18 08:47:23 · answer #8 · answered by chapelleseducatedguesser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right click, click scan. Or specify in your Anti-Virus scanner...
2006-09-18 08:54:52 · answer #9 · answered by Nic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋