Question:
how can i retrieve deleted history ?
missNewBooty
2008-09-01 08:32:09 UTC
i was out of town for one day...and when i came home all records of computer use for thursday had been deleted(my teenage daughter) is there anyway i can find out what was there? or retrieve all the deleted websites she visited? HELP!!
Six answers:
ShadowX360
2008-09-01 08:49:04 UTC
Tut, tut, tut. A mother trying to spy on her daughter. Shame, I am one of those teens with parents that don't know about history. I hate to be a traitor to my own kinds, but here is the breakdown: there is a file on your computer that the FBI uses to tracker your history. Its called index.dat. Only extreme nerd like myself know how to delete it (uh, Microsoft made it so you can't delete it, but there are ways for the intelligent). OK, type without the quotes "C:\Documents and Settings\(put her username on your computer here without the parentheses)\Cookies" into the top of My documents (the url box). Then, you will find a hidden file called index.dat .



"Index.dat are files hidden on your computer that contain all of the Web sites that you have ever visited. Every URL, and every Web page is listed there. Not only that but all of the email that has been sent or received through Outlook or Outlook Express is also being logged. The file names and locations depend on what version of Internet Explorer you have. If you are running IE version 4.0 or above, the file name is "index.dat". Microsoft has not supplied an adequate explanation as to what these files are for or why they have been hidden so well.



According to Microsoft, these files are used to cache visited Web sites to help speed up the loading of Web pages in Internet Explorer. Obviously this cannot be the case because when you clear the Temporary Internet Files the "index.dat" files remain behind and continue to grow. If you delete or clear the Temporary Internet Files, there is absolutely no need to index the URL cache because those files no longer exist.



You can not view the index.dat using a normal editor program because it's in binary format. Index.dat Viewer can view the URLs in these hidden index.dat files"



So, go and download that viewer at http://www.acesoft.net/wssetup.exe and install it. Then, viola. And please, fellow computer nerd, don't hate me for trying to help others, even if I betray your guys.
Paige
2015-08-06 04:42:42 UTC
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how can i retrieve deleted history ?

i was out of town for one day...and when i came home all records of computer use for thursday had been deleted(my teenage daughter) is there anyway i can find out what was there? or retrieve all the deleted websites she visited? HELP!!
anonymous
2016-01-29 10:45:22 UTC
retrieve deleted history
anonymous
2014-08-28 19:35:55 UTC
Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.healthboostpc.com



It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.
anonymous
2014-09-28 12:11:22 UTC
Ehm..

My favourite file recovery tool is Wondershare data recovery. Free link --> http://bitly.com/1qaJCYK
donald s
2008-09-01 08:44:26 UTC
in start menu go to accessories.tools,then system restore. go back 2 days before this happened


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