Reading a hard drive.

paulirl · 08-21-2006, 08:30 PM

Can someone please help me!

I have a 15year old lad at home who everytime goes on the computer when we are not here deletes all the history and cookies when he has finished on the computer, we obviously know what he is looking at but we need proof.
What I want to know is how easy is it and what do I have to do to read my hard drive, is there any software involved and if so what do I need.

Many thanks in advance.

Rip_Uk · 08-21-2006, 08:40 PM

what do you mean by "read my hard drive"? to look through your hard drive just go to my computer then c: local disc.

paulirl · 08-21-2006, 08:43 PM

does this show the history of the computer, stuff that has been downloaded sites visited etc.

cybereclipse · 08-21-2006, 08:48 PM

are u using firefox, opera or internet explorer

paulirl · 08-21-2006, 11:30 PM

Internet explorer is what I am using, I think I am being misunderstood here I need to know what my son has been downloading, looking at on the internet while we are not in, he is wise enough to delete the history and cookies but I want to read the hard drive.

StrangleHold · 08-21-2006, 11:46 PM

You want to see the internet history

paulirl · 08-21-2006, 11:55 PM

yes basically, but hasn't my son already deleted it, how else can I see the history.

Burgerbob · 08-22-2006, 12:01 AM

If you really wanted to know, you could get a keylogger, i think, that will record all of his actions when he is logged on.

StrangleHold · 08-22-2006, 12:07 AM

Yea I think theres some programs that will keep a history that run in the background, havent used any but I,m sure somebody here has!

TonyBAMF · 08-22-2006, 12:26 AM

keylogger is the one, just that make sure you figure it out before you use it on him

08-21-2006, 08:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
paulirl New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20	Reading a hard drive. Can someone please help me! I have a 15year old lad at home who everytime goes on the computer when we are not here deletes all the history and cookies when he has finished on the computer, we obviously know what he is looking at but we need proof. What I want to know is how easy is it and what do I have to do to read my hard drive, is there any software involved and if so what do I need. Many thanks in advance.

08-21-2006, 08:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
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08-21-2006, 11:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,512	You want to see the internet history __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

08-22-2006, 12:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,515	If you really wanted to know, you could get a keylogger, i think, that will record all of his actions when he is logged on. __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate HDD, eVGA GeForce 8800GT w/Akimbo Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G, 1GB RAM, 4GB SD card

08-21-2006, 08:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
paulirl New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20	does this show the history of the computer, stuff that has been downloaded sites visited etc.

08-21-2006, 11:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
paulirl New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20	Internet explorer is what I am using, I think I am being misunderstood here I need to know what my son has been downloading, looking at on the internet while we are not in, he is wise enough to delete the history and cookies but I want to read the hard drive.

08-21-2006, 11:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
paulirl New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20	yes basically, but hasn't my son already deleted it, how else can I see the history.

08-22-2006, 12:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,512	Yea I think theres some programs that will keep a history that run in the background, havent used any but I,m sure somebody here has! __________________ NZXT Apollo Athlon 64 X2 5600-3.3ghz. Gigabyte GA MA770 DS3 G Skill DDR2 1066-944mhz. 4gbs. PNY 8800GT/VD964 Cooler W/D Sata 3.0 500gb RE2 Humans are curious creatures and by nature insane. Lock us all in a room together and within hours we're dividing into groups, creating Gods and plotting on how to kill one another.

08-22-2006, 12:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
TonyBAMF Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego Age: 23 Posts: 412	keylogger is the one, just that make sure you figure it out before you use it on him __________________ 19" Viewsonic 2ms Core 2 Duo E6600 ATI X1900XT 512MB BadAxe Mobo 2GB DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS Sound Blaster X-Fi 500GB re2 WD HDD DVD burner with lightscribe

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