Fresh install and Norton Internet Security

[dxj40c]

I am thinking of doing a fresh install of my OS. I have about two years of Norton Internet Security and Norton Ghost Updates. I would really hate to have to re-do two years of updates with a dial-up modem.

If I backup the Program Folder contents for these two programs could I, after reintalling the Norton Programs, paste the content from the backup into the new folders? When it asks if I want to replace the current files and click 'Yes to All' will the programs work and will the updates work?

[ViRaL1]

You won't really be doing 2 years worth of updates. It may take a little while and a few reboots but it's not like you're downloading every update that came out since that version of NIS was released. I wouldn't recommend trying to 'patch' the updates.

[dxj40c]

You're probably right, I suppose some of the updates were updates of previous updates, therefore I would only need the most current. I guess it's like program updates, you can go straight from version a to d without having to update to version b and c first. Makes sense. Thanks.