GoBack

Norton GoBack (previously known as Wildfile GoBack, Adaptec GoBack, Roxio GoBack) is a Microsoft Windows based disk utility, that can record up to 8Gb of disk changes. When the filesystem is idle for a few seconds, it marks these as "safe points". The product allows the disk drive to be reverted to any safe point. It does this by effectively undoing all changes made to the disk since the safe point.

Product history

• In 1999, GoBack was first designed, written, and patented by a company called Wildfile.
• March 2000, Adaptec acquires Wildfile for approximately $29 million. http://www.roxio.com/en/company/news/archive/prelease000314.jhtmlhttp://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2000/03/13/daily8.htmlhttp://www.monitor.ca/monitor/issues/vol7iss8/bytebeat.html#2489
• April 2001, Adaptec created another company, Roxio. Roxio retained the GoBack product. http://www.roxio.com/en/company/news/archive/prelease010412.jhtml
• May 2001, Roxio GoBack version 3 is released, this time also supporting the NTFS filesystem, which by now was being used more widely since the release of Windows XP. http://www.roxio.com/en/company/news/archive/prelease010507.jhtml
• April 2003, Roxio sells GoBack to Symantec for $13 million. http://www.roxio.com/en/company/news/archive/prelease030417.jhtml