| re-finding Google search history/data
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Makaveli2007
msg:4083204 | 11:16 pm on Feb 18, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Hi,
I know re-finding probably isn't the right word, at all, but I cant think of the right one now (am German).
My PC just shut down unexpectedly...and I had about...well 30 IE windows open with notes... (I know that was silly and I won't do it again)
I didnt save my IE history and was hoping that if I type in
www.google.com or www.google.de I would be able to see what I had typed in (all the www.google.com/.... urls I visited by typing things into the search boxes).
However, that didn't work. If I type in www.otherdomainsIvisited.com , I *do* see all those subpages, however....?
Why do the other pages show, but Google doesnt? I don't get it ;-(.
will appreciate any help, thanks!
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mack
msg:4083205 | 11:23 pm on Feb 18, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Might be worth taking a look in your IE history and expand the domain for Google. It will show pages on Google that you visited, this should show you the search pages.
Mack.
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Makaveli2007
msg:4083219 | 11:44 pm on Feb 18, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Thanks, I did just that and had a very strange experience lol ;(:
I did see a bunch of files and sorted (=expanded?) them for google search html files.
I was able to find a few (5 or so) of the 30 windows from today (have files since the 17.2. in that folder).
I opened them and copied my notes.
...and then..I dont recall how that happened...but then w/o my deleting anything (Im sure!), now I have a lot less files in that folder all of a sudden?
Mostly cookie-type files.
The only thing that could help me find the google searches I did, I assume...are...html-files, right?
But why in the world do I see fewer files now than I did 5-10 minutes earlier? anything to do with my opening some of those files (the google-search html files)?
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Makaveli2007
msg:4083225 | 11:59 pm on Feb 18, 2010 (gmt 0) |
The Google Dashboard tool will only show me what searches I did with my account, not what google stores based on me IP address I assume (as others could be using it..if someone switched providers...), right?
EDIT: have restored(?) those files..thanks for the help, anyhow :-)
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Makaveli2007
msg:4083325 | 5:02 am on Feb 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
This is really strange (at least to me).
I was only able to find google-html search windows for 11 on the windows i had open (about 30).
And I have restored files for..the past 3 days. I assume everything doesnt get restored if you use an application for that, but just some of it?
What I find even more strange though is that www.googl... typing it in into the browser bar didnt show any of the subpages that should have been in my hisotry - considering i hadnt deleted it the history, and that it did show all the subpages for other domains..weird
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mack
msg:4083339 | 5:56 am on Feb 19, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Your pc shutting down unexpectedly may have corrupted the history files. Just a thought.
Mack.
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