Can photos I posted on a website forum that got shutdown be retrieved?

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suomynona

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I have quotes and segments from my posts, others, ect. in my email as notifications. I can view a lot of details and IP, usernames, words posted, ect. but is there anyway I could extract the photos from my posts containing them?

Obviously I cant view even the replies posted on the actual URL. I get that:
404 Error File Not Found
The page you are looking for might have been removed,
had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
message.

Anyway to extract the photos possibly, on email? I also had the photos on a craigslist add but no luck in viewing them. The "Renew post" expired apparently. I can tell how impossible this sounds, but I really need one of the photos there. Dammit! I wish they warned me before ending the website so I could at least access my media and information.

I looked into that "wayback machine" internet thing, but Im confused as to how that actually becomes possible in a useful way (to myself anyway). I cant just type in an address and expect to view it! right? they have to be archived somehow. How would you know to have archived a webpage you cant retrieve anyway? I digress.. sorry to go off topic.
 
suomynona said:
Dammit! I wish they warned me before ending the website so I could at least access my media and information.
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Why not just back up your own data?

You're probably SOL unless whoever managed the forum/DB had a backup copy.
 
suomynona said:
I looked into that "wayback machine" internet thing, but Im confused as to how that actually becomes possible in a useful way (to myself anyway). I cant just type in an address and expect to view it! right? they have to be archived somehow. How would you know to have archived a webpage you cant retrieve anyway? I digress.. sorry to go off topic.
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Wayback Machine is probably your best bet. You might get lucky.
 
suomynona said:
But in what possible scenario can the wayback machine do this? for sake of argument: If I were to "Get lucky" then how did I? or how did IT accomplish it.

I like your sig by the way.
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The wayback machine scours the web and archives websites. The owner of the site doesn't request it.
 
Geoff said:
The wayback machine scours the web and archives websites. The owner of the site doesn't request it.
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Oh, so they have a system or team who chooses at random? I wonder what the chances of some random thread I posted years back would be at being on there.

And thanks guys but I did try the url I have and either its not archived or the original exact url is not in my email notifications. And since I cant open the thread, I certainly cant investigate the original short link.
 
From my limited experience with it, they tend to only archive the main page and a couple levels deep, so you really can't navigate a site and see various articles or categories. I've also noticed they tend to archive more often, and more levels deep on the popular websites.
 
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