{"id":3621,"date":"2019-10-25T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2019-10-16T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T17:59:52","slug":"can-i-recover-lost-internet-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/25\/can-i-recover-lost-internet-files\/","title":{"rendered":"“Can I recover lost internet files?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by Rodrigo Melgar)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodrigo’s full question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How can I recover lost internet files? I want to recover Steam reviews I deleted a while ago (I only managed to retrieve a couple using Wayback Machine). Bear in mind it\u2019s only raw text, which used to be under the link shown as an attachment.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If the original text has been deleted from the Steam servers, and you don\u2019t have a copy, then then only likely places where the text might still exist is in Steam\u2019s own backups, or in someone else\u2019s archival copy of the Steam site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you asked Steam? I bet they won\u2019t help, but why not ask? A polite message or email to their support staff will only take you a minute or two, and can’t hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\/when they say no, your only remaining recourse is the copy of Steam previously crawled and stored by a publicly-accessible indexing\/search service. You’ve already tried the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine<\/strong><\/a> (great idea, btw!), so about all that’s left are long-shots like Google and Bing: If the page you’re looking for hasn’t been superseded, and isn’t from too long ago, you might be able to still find it with a search: Try searching for very specific keywords or phrases that you remember from your old reviews, and see if Google (or another search engine) can find them for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not holding out a lot of hope. Your text is probably gone for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And now you know why I’m a fanatic about backups.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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