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Is it possible to recover email text that was originally viewed in Google Chrome browser by finding it somehow in the cached browser files. The original gmail messages was deleted and so was the gmail account. Is this a easy process. I spoke to a forensic computer tech that said it was possible but wanted $1200 just to try.
I have used ChromeCacheView, but what do I do with the files that I think could contain the text that I need. Thank you in advance. – Phuc – 2011-03-31T10:43:22.903
You could just save them anywhere and perform a search (Windows search will do fine, I guess) within those documents for some keywords you know. Under Linux/Unix I'd suggest
grep
for this purpose. – slhck – 2011-03-31T15:42:48.810I am using windows 7. the chromecacheview only shows me the files and information about it. how do I acutaully find the file and view the text on the page. Windows search doesn't work. This may not be possible I fear. At least not with my limited resources and abilities. – Phuc – 2011-03-31T16:10:51.683
You can export the files (all from Gmail, for example) as plain text files. Put them into some folder, e.g. on your Desktop. If you search that folder with Windows, it will be able to search the file's contents.
– slhck – 2011-04-01T19:45:50.530See my answer above, I included the steps for the Cache exporter. – slhck – 2011-04-01T20:01:51.227