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midnight

(26,624 posts) Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:10 PM Apr 2013

Anyone know a computer forensics person to asks if someone wipes important info. off the internet

history how it can be retrieved... Thanks for any suggestions of help in this matter....

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Anyone know a computer forensics person to asks if someone wipes important info. off the internet (Original Post) midnight Apr 2013 OP

Cross post this in the Computer Help group. HappyMe Apr 2013 #1

A helpful suggestion-thanks.... I cross posted in open source and free software.... midnight Apr 2013 #4

Archive.org. nt Robb Apr 2013 #2

Google Cache saves copies of websites. DetlefK Apr 2013 #3

What if they have been wiped clean....vs a server-crash or is that the same thing.... I will start midnight Apr 2013 #6

go to waybackmachine.com and put the address of the wiped site in their search engine shraby Apr 2013 #5

Depends on where it was on the Internet. MineralMan Apr 2013 #7

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

1. Cross post this in the Computer Help group.

Reply to midnight (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:16 PM

Apr 2013

midnight

(26,624 posts)

4. A helpful suggestion-thanks.... I cross posted in open source and free software....

Reply to HappyMe (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:04 PM

Apr 2013

Robb

(39,665 posts)

2. Archive.org. nt

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Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:19 PM

Apr 2013

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

3. Google Cache saves copies of websites.

Reply to midnight (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 12:23 PM

Apr 2013

You can (partially) restore content of an offline web-page by loading the copy inside the Google Cache and then copy&paste it for your own needs. (Did this some years ago after a server-crash. AFAIR only the text was saved, but better than writing everything anew.)

midnight

(26,624 posts)

6. What if they have been wiped clean....vs a server-crash or is that the same thing.... I will start

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:45 PM

Apr 2013

researching here... thanks...

shraby

(21,946 posts)

5. go to waybackmachine.com and put the address of the wiped site in their search engine

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Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:43 PM

Apr 2013

MineralMan

(146,281 posts)

7. Depends on where it was on the Internet.

Reply to midnight (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:47 PM

Apr 2013

If you can provide some more info, there may be a way. If it was on a public website, archive.org should have older versions of that website. If it was on some not-so-public site, it's a lot harder.

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