What is Norton Utilities 5.0?

Peter Norton returns in Norton Utilities 5.0, Symantec’s popular disk-repair software. The upgrade boots up from your ailing drive, downloads software updates, and offers FireWire support. But unless you crave one of these fixes, at $50 this upgrade is not a must-have.

The Norton Utilities interface looks basically the same, but Symantec has added three major features. The new live Repair lets you run Disk Doctor from the drive you’re repairing. This makes the process faster and more convenient than working from a bootable CD. LiveUpdate downloads software updates via the Internet. The interface offers custom and regularly scheduled updates, freeing you from the tiresome burden of digging them up yourself. Lastly, FireWire enthusiasts will be thrilled to find that Norton Utilities supports these devices.

Three lighter enhancements make Norton Utifities more user-friendly. Symantec has added the ever-popular Undo command for users who wish to back out of complicated problems and restore the hard drive to its original corrupted state.

UnErase has been revamped with an enhanced filter fist and the option to restore folders. Symantec has also added access to Norton AntiVirus directly from the main interface, provided that users have the latest version (6.0).

If you need FireWire support or if you’ve got money to bum, Norton Utilities adds convenience and a few new features. If not, don’t sweat it. 

Rebbapragada, Narasu. (January 2000). Norton Utilities 5.0. MacAddict. (pg. 66).

Download Norton Utilities 5.0 for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 8.0

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver