windows xp Data Recovery

[Guest 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?

[Guest 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=SF;f=1

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...cgi?act=SF;f=26

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...=ST;f=5;t=12260

http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i....cgi?act=SF;f=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

[Guest 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=SF;f=1

> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...cgi?act=SF;f=26

> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i...=ST;f=5;t=12260

> http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin/forums/i....cgi?act=SF;f=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

>

>

>

[Guest 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

[Guest 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

[Guest undisclosed]

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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