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A forum I frequent was down today, and upon restoration, I discovered that the last two days of forum posting had been rolled back completely.
Needless to say, I'd like to get back what data I can from the forum loss, and I am hoping I have at least some of it stored in the cache files that Chrome created.
I face two problems -- the cache files have no filetype, and I'm unsure how to read them in an intelligent manner (trying to open them in Chrome itself seems to "redownload" them in a .gz format), and there are a ton of cache files.
Any suggestions on how to read and sort these files? (A simple string search should fit my needs)
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To view the cache storage in Chrome Computer, tap on the three dots at the top right of the Chrome page and then open the settings. Under the Privacy and Security section, tap on Site settings and then Cache and site Data. Scroll down and tap on the All Cookies and Site Data to view the cache and the data.
The program that created the CACHE file is the only software that can use it. To open a CACHE file to see it in its text form, just use a regular text editor like Windows Notepad or one of these free text editors. Again, the text is most likely scrambled, so it probably won't serve any real purpose.
Click on the Settings menu in the upper-right corner. Click Internet options. Under the General tab on the upper-left-hand side, scroll down to Browsing history. Check the Temporary Internet files and website files, Cookies and website data, History, and Download History boxes.
View Chrome cacheGo to File>Select cache folder. In the window that opens, enter the path that you copied.
EDIT: The below answer no longer works see here
In Chrome or Opera, open a new tab and navigate to chrome://view-http-cache/
Click on whichever file you want to view. You should then see a page with a bunch of text and numbers. Copy all the text on that page. Paste it in the text box below.
Press "Go". The cached data will appear in the Results section below.
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