Finding deleted posts

[travisN000]

Our forums are always undergoing trimming of old posts / attachements, etc..  if you are trying to access a post and get the error:

An Error Has Occurred!
The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you.

then try searching google for the thread using google site search and the topic id from the url:

ie.. if the missing topic has the url:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php?topic=53673.msg428068#msg428068

then use the following search in google:

site:pclinuxos.com 53673

..if you are lucky there will be a link to a cached version of the topic at the end of google's description of the page.

For old wiki pages, etc, you can also try the wayback machine at http://web.archive.org/

[travisN000]

I've been using that trick a lot lately..  it seemed like it needed to be shared!
 

[critter]

This is great travis.

So simple yet I never thought of using googles' cache for lost pclos forum threads. Thankyou

I've just found a tip from coonhunter that I liked but couldn't remember (if you are out there coonhunter, thanks)

Maybe some of the members have enough time to re-surface a few more gems.
 I think that AndrejejL recovered a couple this way maybe?