I would also like to find some of my internet browsing history because it was set up to automaticly delete every day since i went to vista .. Is it possiblle to find all or some of it? And where woudl i look / what program would i need to use if any?



Ray

Everything that has not overwritten is recoverable. IE stores temporary files and history on specific folders/position. But when you delete a file, you are not "erasing" space, you are just telling the file system that the position previously assigned to that file in now free and available. If no other file is generated or written or moved into the space previously occupied by the "deleted" file, you only have to find the "pointer" to the pertinent position and reassemble the fragments into a new file. Even 'directory entries' are not "erased", they are simply "freed up".
I have simplified the theory of logical recovery programs, things in real life are something different, but the principle is this.
Search for a description of the NTFS file system and see the differences between FATxx and other FS.

OK, i understand that but would it be over written by the next deleted web history file (as there doing it every day) or would they all still be there or can any file over write any other file without any simularaties between them or do they just go anywear?

Like how often are things over written and why and or why not?



Ray