How Do You View Deleted Internet Files?
If you have ever been curious about your family’s Internet usage, you’re not alone. Many spouses and parents become suspicious about Internet activity when they believe rules or boundaries are broken. In too many instances, the person you don’t trust deletes the Internet history, thereby preventing you from finding the most recent online activity. However, nothing is ever truly deleted from a computer’s hard drive unless the original data sector is overwritten. Therefore, the majority of Internet history is recoverable by running recovery software or viewing hidden usage logs known as “index.dat” files. Download and install a data recovery program. A few of these are free (as of early 2010), such as Piriform’s Recuva, which allows you to recover, view and save deleted information; whereas SmartSoft’s Smart Undelete prevents you from saving recovered files without purchasing the program for an additional $40 (as of early 2010). Open the program and allow it to scan for deleted files. In
