computer's history

Discussion in 'Computers and The Internet' started by squawkers7, Nov 22, 2005.

  1. squawkers7

    squawkers7 radical rebel

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    If some deletes a day of user history, is there anyone to find it again somewhere?
    I mean usually whenever you delete something like a file or game or document....it will still show up when you do a computer scan or check-up.
    But I've never noticed if old deleted history will show up?
     
  2. Hikaru Zero

    Hikaru Zero Sylvan Paladin

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    Nope.

    It's deleted.

    And unfortunately, there is no recycling bin for history. =(
     
  3. orangecountysweet

    orangecountysweet Member

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    I used a trash 80 in the eighties.
     
  4. oli-picka

    oli-picka Member

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    lol, this is a quite often question and theres lots of answers, im sure HZ put yuor mind at rest but truthfully its not deleted - just a pain in the ass to find. When you delete a file its still physicaly in the same place on the hard drive- the only difference is that the aea the data is on is classed as blank so it can be over written. You can get shredders to delete files totally which deletee the file then write over is a few time 3 times is CIA-like security methinks
     
  5. Hikaru Zero

    Hikaru Zero Sylvan Paladin

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    Thing is, it's not a file ... it's browser history.

    Even if it does remain on a hard disk somewhere (say, thanks to a function like unlink), the likeliness of it ever being recovered without professional effort is zero, and even with professional effort, it'd be expensive and time-consuming.
     
  6. Destro_the_punk

    Destro_the_punk Member

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    Back in the day, windows used to log EVERY website you ever visited, but not in a file that was accessable to the average user. You could access it through commmand line though. Not sure if newers windows stil have this "feature"
     
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