can you retrieve history?
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Is there a company or service provided that could pull it up if it's still there?
CooleyGirl
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From How to Recover Deleted Internet History
The operating system itself offers you various ways for answering the question, how to recover deleted Internet history. To recover Internet history, you need to understand certain important aspects. One of them is where does the Internet history get stored. The Internet history gets stored in the Windows Registry. There are also chances, that the Internet history may get stored as Internet cookies too. The ways to recover deleted Internet history, is hence meant to target these system resources and get the history.
Recover Internet History using System Recovery
You need to follow a simple process. Click on 'Start' and go to 'Programs'. In the 'Programs' menu click on 'Accessories' and then go to 'System Tools'. The 'System Tools' option will give way to various options. One of them is the 'System Restore'. All you need to do is click on this option. Now, choose a date at which you want the deleted history to be recovered to. With this process done, you can get your Internet history recovered.
Recover Internet History using Search Desktop Operations
There are cases in which this option of system recovery is disabled in certain systems. In such cases, you can use a desktop search program. There are many desktop search programs available like the Yahoo desktop search, Google desktop search, Profession desktop search etc. If you remember a few keywords of what you want to search for in the Internet history, you can type it there in the search box and get it recovered.
Recover Internet History using Log Files
If suppose you have intentionally deleted the Internet history and you are now in a desperate need to get it back, then this is what can help you. Of course desktop search and system recovery, will not be of much help in such cases. The log files are where all the operations that you perform in your system are stored. A look into the log files can also let you get through, to recover deleted Internet history. The 'index.dat' file in the Internet Explorer history, is the log file that stores all the information of the operations you have performed. This is one of the best ways because, deleting the Internet history does not have any impact on this file. This is thus, one sure shot way to get back the information you want. However, it is not a simple file that you can understand. You will have to download an index.dat reader to understand the file and get the information you want. In case of Firefox, it is the 'history.da't file, which needs to be checked out. A software like 'X-Ways Trace 3.1' is one of the softwares that can be used for reading any of these log files that have been mentioned.
Recover Internet History using Cookies
Whenever we browse over the Internet, certain cookies get downloaded and stored into our systems, without our knowledge. A look into these cookies can give you a fair idea of the web pages you have viewed. You can get the option for recovering deleted cookies under one of the tabs in the 'Internet Options' dialog box of your browser. For example, in the Firefox web browser, you can get the option to check out the cookies under the 'Privacy Tab' of the options dialog box.
The operating system itself offers you various ways for answering the question, how to recover deleted Internet history. To recover Internet history, you need to understand certain important aspects. One of them is where does the Internet history get stored. The Internet history gets stored in the Windows Registry. There are also chances, that the Internet history may get stored as Internet cookies too. The ways to recover deleted Internet history, is hence meant to target these system resources and get the history.
Recover Internet History using System Recovery
You need to follow a simple process. Click on 'Start' and go to 'Programs'. In the 'Programs' menu click on 'Accessories' and then go to 'System Tools'. The 'System Tools' option will give way to various options. One of them is the 'System Restore'. All you need to do is click on this option. Now, choose a date at which you want the deleted history to be recovered to. With this process done, you can get your Internet history recovered.
Recover Internet History using Search Desktop Operations
There are cases in which this option of system recovery is disabled in certain systems. In such cases, you can use a desktop search program. There are many desktop search programs available like the Yahoo desktop search, Google desktop search, Profession desktop search etc. If you remember a few keywords of what you want to search for in the Internet history, you can type it there in the search box and get it recovered.
Recover Internet History using Log Files
If suppose you have intentionally deleted the Internet history and you are now in a desperate need to get it back, then this is what can help you. Of course desktop search and system recovery, will not be of much help in such cases. The log files are where all the operations that you perform in your system are stored. A look into the log files can also let you get through, to recover deleted Internet history. The 'index.dat' file in the Internet Explorer history, is the log file that stores all the information of the operations you have performed. This is one of the best ways because, deleting the Internet history does not have any impact on this file. This is thus, one sure shot way to get back the information you want. However, it is not a simple file that you can understand. You will have to download an index.dat reader to understand the file and get the information you want. In case of Firefox, it is the 'history.da't file, which needs to be checked out. A software like 'X-Ways Trace 3.1' is one of the softwares that can be used for reading any of these log files that have been mentioned.
Recover Internet History using Cookies
Whenever we browse over the Internet, certain cookies get downloaded and stored into our systems, without our knowledge. A look into these cookies can give you a fair idea of the web pages you have viewed. You can get the option for recovering deleted cookies under one of the tabs in the 'Internet Options' dialog box of your browser. For example, in the Firefox web browser, you can get the option to check out the cookies under the 'Privacy Tab' of the options dialog box.
WOW! Thanks! If you'll forgive my ignorance...will it then show up under history, or will I need to go somewhere else to find what was retrieved?
CooleyGirl
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If you try recovering using the Recover Internet History using System Recovery method, the history should reappear in your browser.
Beta84
They're out to get us
won't that have some potentially unwanted repercussions with the rest of your system?
CooleyGirl
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Repercussions such as what?
"System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos.
System Restore uses a feature called System Protection to regularly create and save restore points on your computer. These restore points contain information about registry settings and other system information that Windows uses. You can also create restore points manually.
System Restore is not intended for backing up personal files, so it cannot help you recover a personal file that has been deleted or damaged. You should regularly back up your personal files and important data using a backup program."
What is System Restore?
CooleyGirl
New Member
It will not remove any documents, photos, e-mail, etc. that have been downloaded on the computer since the restore point, but running a system restore will affect your Windows system settings (Windows Registry), protected system files, and recently installed software.