The main feature of this DOS 2.x compatible version was FILEFIND, used for searching for files. In 1982, when I sat down at my PC to write Unerase, I was solving a common problem to which there was no readily available solution.' ġ4 programs were included, on three floppy disks, list price $80: Quoting Peter Norton, 'Why did The Norton Utilities become such popular software? Well, industry wisdom has it that software becomes standard either by providing superior capabilities or by solving problems that were previously unsolvable. The UNERASE utility was what launched NU on its path to success. This allowed files to be undeleted by restoring the first letter of the directory entry (a workaround of the FAT file system used in DOS). The initial 1982 release supported DOS 1.x and featured the UNERASE utility. Norton Utilities for DOS and Windows 3.1 Version 1.0
1 Norton Utilities for DOS and Windows 3.1.
