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Ronaldo · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Location: US

I have deleted IE history file but i really need to find these websites that I have visited in the past.

Is it possible, and if Yes how?

Thanks.

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MendMyComputer · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 5 Location: kidderminster

The index.dat files can be read to obtain explorer cache... These will be the last chance of recovering visited sites... Unless you purchase specialist software to recover deleted data.

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pavithra · Joined: 19 Jul 2010 Posts: 39

the "History" directory is marked "invisible" by default, so it's likely that you won't find it by default. You'll need to enable viewing hidden files in Windows Explorer, or searching for Hidden Files when you perform a search. In a Command Prompt, you can simply "CD" to it, even if you don't see it.

The easiest way is to simply recover the contents of that directory, including all subdirectories, from a recent backup. If you've been making regular backups of your full system, as recommended, then you can simply use your backup utility to restore only those directories, after which you should be able to restart IE and have the old history restored.

Alternately, and with an even lower chance of success is to see if you can "undelete" an older version of the files found in that directory. If you get very lucky you might be able to undelete or recover a file that has the history you want. I do not recommend this approach, simply because the chances of it working are so very low.
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loose555 · Joined: 25 Aug 2010 Posts: 3

However, (at this point I thought 'Oh, I never bothered to try Wikihow!' *facepalm*) apparently there are copies saved on your computer after all! (probably didn't find them because I ignored the ".dat" files, which it turns out are exactly what I was looking for.)
You can find the full instructions at http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Deleted-History-in-Windows but I will make one point: If you download ANYTHING, make sure you scan it with an anti-virus as soon as you can! Don't use the one that pops up with some downloads, along the lines of "Run a scan while you wait! Free Virus Scan!", they are often unreliable or viruses themselves.
Run your own anti-virus, usually it'll be Norton, or McAfee if you never went and chose a different one, as they come with PC's (I'm pretty sure all, but not 100%)
You can never be too careful, I've come so close to having to replace my PC because I didn't run one. Also remember that playing around with system files can have just as bad an effect as a virus if you don't follow the instructions very carefully, it only takes one tap of the 'Delete' button, and your computer won't boot up again, at least without paying for someone to fix it for you, or reinstalling the whole Operating System.
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reecha · Joined: 02 Dec 2010 Posts: 4

the "History" directory is marked "invisible" by default, so it's likely that you won't find it by default. You'll need to enable viewing hidden files in Windows Explorer, or searching for Hidden Files when you perform a search. In a Command Prompt, you can simply "CD" to it, even if you don't see it.

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ItsFixed · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 51

Help, I accidentally deleted my history and lost my bookmark on mozilla firefox. Is there any way I could get it back? Thank you.

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