Data Recovery

[rcfrgf]

Dell Dimention XP Pro SP3 IE6
I deleted part of the browser history. Can I use a Data Recovery Program
to get it back?

 

[Johnw]

rcfrgf used his keyboard to write :
> Dell Dimention XP Pro SP3 IE6
> I deleted part of the browser history. Can I use a Data Recovery Program
> to get it back?

No idea if any of these will recover your history, shall leave that up
to you, here is my info.

Top 10 FREE Data Recovery Software
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/0...overy-software/
Portable Freeware collection - Recovery. 5 pages.
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=188
Free Data Recovery, File and Partition Recovery, Undelete and Unformat
Software.
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/datarecovery.shtml

SoftPerfect File Recovery
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Recovery.shtml
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spfilerecovery.html
http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/

Howto Rescue Data From an Unbootable Windows PC.
http://www.mepis.org/node/1450
Data Recovery with Linux
http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/05/1552243
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Recovery.shtml
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
One of the best tools for Windows data recovery is Linux? When all else
fails and you desperately need information off your hard drive, Linux
is your safest bet. One of the best CD-bootable distributions out there
is Knoppix (available for free at www.knoppix.org). Knoppix will allow
you to not only possibly recover lost data that Windows simply cannot
access, but also potentially fix hard drive errors and partition
tables.
What is Damn Small Linux, a.k.a. DSL?
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i....cgi?act=SFf=1
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...cgi?act=SFf=26
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...=STf=5t=12260
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i....cgi?act=SFf=5
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi
Runs from a CD, USB pendrive or embedded as guest OS.
http://www.knoppix.org/
Ubuntu Linux
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
Puppy Linux
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/download/downpage.htm

EBCD – Emergency Boot CD
http://ebcd.pcministry.com/

Roadkil's Undelete
http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=28

Turbo File Uneraser
http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone...File%20Uneraser
http://www.fdrlab.com/software/tfu.html

File Recovery
http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecovery.html

EASEUS Deleted File Recovery
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easusdfr.html

Pandora Recovery
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Recovery.shtml
http://www.pandorarecovery.com/

Deleted File Analysis Utility Freeware
http://primewares.com/links.php?search=Del...Freeware+&la=en
http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp

DiskDigger
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...iskDigger.shtml
http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/D...hot-121447.html
http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger

PC INSPECTOR
55 Best Free Data Recovery Utility
http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

FreeUndelete
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...eUndelete.shtml
http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/index.htm

Recuva
http://www.recuva.com/

JFileRecovery
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-M...eRecovery.shtml
http://www.download.com/JFileRecovery/3000...cdlPid=10566692
http://www.mydisk.co.uk/

Drive Rescue
http://woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.html
Download:
http://woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.zip

TOKIWA DataRecovery
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...aRecovery.shtml
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=188&p=2
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tdatarecovery.html
http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/dr.html

DIY DataRecovery iRecoverâ„¢: Windows Data Recovery for FAT, FAT32 and
NTFS
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/irecover.htm

SectorSpyXP/98
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...ctorSpyXP.shtml
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/

Copy It Anyway
http://www.digitalsystem.co.yu/download.html

Restoration
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
http://www.all-freeware.com/
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/
http://web.telecom.cz/vlaso/cestiny/pr_/restor2514.htm

Optimum Data Recovery for FAT Formatted
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...Formatted.shtml
http://www.optimumrecovery.com/software/wi...-formatted.html

ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools
http://www.downloads-portal.com/system-uti...ation-8151.html
http://www.adrc.com/software/data_recovery_tools/

Diskedit
http://thanki.tk/
http://www.ddlboard.com/modules.php?name=N...article&sid=687
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3587762/Hiren_..._keyboard_patch
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html
http://www.ddlboard.com/modules.php?name=N...article&sid=490
Part of Hiren's BootCD
Examining The Windows 98, 98 SE, Win ME and Win XP Boot Disks with
Symantec's Norton Utilities (NU)
Disk Editor and/or MS-DOS DEBUG
http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/DOS/bd98/SD1.htm#RUN9x

Findpart
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/svolaf/utilities.htm
http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm

Recover Files
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=188&p=2
http://www.undeleteunerase.com/

Disk Investigator
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html

Glary Undelete
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Undelete.shtml
http://www.glarysoft.com/gun.html

Undelete Plus
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1063
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/undeleteplus.html
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,...escription.html
http://download.cnet.com/Undelete-Plus/300...2_4-143754.html
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...lete-Plus.shtml

File Recovery 4
http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecovery.html

HD-Workbench
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/HD_Workbench.htm

 

[rcfrgf]

That was terrific Johnw, very helpful.

"Johnw" wrote:

> rcfrgf used his keyboard to write :
> > Dell Dimention XP Pro SP3 IE6
> > I deleted part of the browser history. Can I use a Data Recovery Program
> > to get it back?
>
> No idea if any of these will recover your history, shall leave that up
> to you, here is my info.
>
> Top 10 FREE Data Recovery Software
> http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2008/0...overy-software/
> Portable Freeware collection - Recovery. 5 pages.
> http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=188
> Free Data Recovery, File and Partition Recovery, Undelete and Unformat
> Software.
> http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/datarecovery.shtml
>
> SoftPerfect File Recovery
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Recovery.shtml
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/spfilerecovery.html
> http://www.softperfect.com/products/filerecovery/
>
> Howto Rescue Data From an Unbootable Windows PC.
> http://www.mepis.org/node/1450
> Data Recovery with Linux
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/05/1552243
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Recovery.shtml
> http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
> One of the best tools for Windows data recovery is Linux? When all else
> fails and you desperately need information off your hard drive, Linux
> is your safest bet. One of the best CD-bootable distributions out there
> is Knoppix (available for free at www.knoppix.org). Knoppix will allow
> you to not only possibly recover lost data that Windows simply cannot
> access, but also potentially fix hard drive errors and partition
> tables.
> What is Damn Small Linux, a.k.a. DSL?
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/f/
> http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i....cgi?act=SFf=1
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...cgi?act=SFf=26
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...=STf=5t=12260
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i....cgi?act=SFf=5
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.cgi
> Runs from a CD, USB pendrive or embedded as guest OS.
> http://www.knoppix.org/
> Ubuntu Linux
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
> Puppy Linux
> http://www.goosee.com/puppy/
> http://www.goosee.com/puppy/download/downpage.htm
>
> EBCD – Emergency Boot CD
> http://ebcd.pcministry.com/
>
> Roadkil's Undelete
> http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=28
>
> Turbo File Uneraser
> http://www.freewarepub.org/freewareshowone...File%20Uneraser
> http://www.fdrlab.com/software/tfu.html
>
> File Recovery
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecovery.html
>
> EASEUS Deleted File Recovery
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/easusdfr.html
>
> Pandora Recovery
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Recovery.shtml
> http://www.pandorarecovery.com/
>
> Deleted File Analysis Utility Freeware
> http://primewares.com/links.php?search=Del...Freeware+&la=en
> http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
>
> DiskDigger
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...iskDigger.shtml
> http://www.softpedia.com/progScreenshots/D...hot-121447.html
> http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger
>
> PC INSPECTOR
> 55 Best Free Data Recovery Utility
> http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm
> http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
>
> FreeUndelete
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...eUndelete.shtml
> http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/index.htm
>
> Recuva
> http://www.recuva.com/
>
> JFileRecovery
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-M...eRecovery.shtml
> http://www.download.com/JFileRecovery/3000...cdlPid=10566692
> http://www.mydisk.co.uk/
>
> Drive Rescue
> http://woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.html
> Download:
> http://woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.zip
>
> TOKIWA DataRecovery
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...aRecovery.shtml
> http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=188&p=2
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tdatarecovery.html
> http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/dr.html
>
> DIY DataRecovery iRecoverâ„¢: Windows Data Recovery for FAT, FAT32 and
> NTFS
> http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/irecover.htm
>
> SectorSpyXP/98
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...ctorSpyXP.shtml
> http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/
>
> Copy It Anyway
> http://www.digitalsystem.co.yu/download.html
>
> Restoration
> http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
> http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
> http://www.all-freeware.com/
> http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/
> http://web.telecom.cz/vlaso/cestiny/pr_/restor2514.htm
>
> Optimum Data Recovery for FAT Formatted
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...Formatted.shtml
> http://www.optimumrecovery.com/software/wi...-formatted.html
>
> ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools
> http://www.downloads-portal.com/system-uti...ation-8151.html
> http://www.adrc.com/software/data_recovery_tools/
>
> Diskedit
> http://thanki.tk/
> http://www.ddlboard.com/modules.php?name=N...article&sid=687
> http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3587762/Hiren_..._keyboard_patch
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hiren.thanki/bootcd.html
> http://www.ddlboard.com/modules.php?name=N...article&sid=490
> Part of Hiren's BootCD
> Examining The Windows 98, 98 SE, Win ME and Win XP Boot Disks with
> Symantec's Norton Utilities (NU)
> Disk Editor and/or MS-DOS DEBUG
> http://mirror.href.com/thestarman/DOS/bd98/SD1.htm#RUN9x
>
> Findpart
> http://home19.inet.tele.dk/svolaf/utilities.htm
> http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm
>
> Recover Files
> http://www.portablefreeware.com/?sc=188&p=2
> http://www.undeleteunerase.com/
>
> Disk Investigator
> http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html
>
> Glary Undelete
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...-Undelete.shtml
> http://www.glarysoft.com/gun.html
>
> Undelete Plus
> http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1063
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/undeleteplus.html
> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,...escription.html
> http://download.cnet.com/Undelete-Plus/300...2_4-143754.html
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...lete-Plus.shtml
>
> File Recovery 4
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecovery.html
>
> HD-Workbench
> http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/HD_Workbench.htm
>
>
>

 

[Johnw]

rcfrgf submitted this idea :
> That was terrific Johnw, very helpful.

YW rcfrgf, hope something works for you.

 

[Richard22]

Wow, that's a nice list

rcfrgf,

As to my knowledge there is no software that will just extract your browser history. Your history is stored in the index.dat file. You could use some forensic software or a index.dat viewer in order to find your history, but that would be pretty time consuming. We usually use a Data Recovery and or Computer Forensic firm for such work. You could also look into some of the opensource forensic tools for that.

Best regards,
Richard

 

[Johnw]

rcfrgf wrote :
> That was terrific Johnw, very helpful.

If you are able to recover your Index.dat file ( as per Richard ) here
are a couple of tools.

Index Dat Spy
http://www.stevengould.org/software/indexdatspy/
http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?optio...id=48&Itemid=88
http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?optio...id=57&Itemid=88

Index.dat Suite
http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Products&p=index.datsuite
http://support.it-mate.co.uk/?mode=Product...howScreen&ID=33

 

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You could try Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery Software which may recover
you history.The software can recover all data loss situations.....Give a
try
'Partition Recovery Software | Windows Partition recovery to recover
lost partition' (http://www.partitionrecovery-software.com/)


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