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Were going to use Google's Cache system since it is the largest one, more chance of finding what you're looking for. But firstly to browse the Cache, you will need to install this userscript:
http://userscripts.o...ipts/show/30878
It's a script that alters the behavior of your web browser (only works for Firefox and Chrome, I believe). There is a disclaimer that it could conflict with your current plugins, so just to be safe install it on Chrome if you're using Firefox as your main and vice-versa. Without this script, you will not be able to 'browse' the old minegarde forum properly (i.e. jumping from link to link).
For Chrome users, you don't need to install anything extra other than the userscript above, however for Firefox users please follow these instructions:
http://googlesystem....ogle-cache.html
So after you've installed that go out and google a thread. For example, I've googled "Monster Hunter Origins" and google gives me this:
Now select the light blue 'cache' link at the bottom (as shown in the above image) and you should get a page like this:
Since you've installed the userscript, links will now show up along with the orange/yellow highlighted text saying "cache". Now you can continue to 'browse' the old minegarde by NOT clicking the link but the yellow cache beside it.
This isn't a perfect process as links will still break (meaning that the Googlebots haven't saved the page at all), but it is the best solution I can come up for such a short time. Before you jump in and start browsing, there are a few important points I need to make clear:
Google's Cache system only saves the web pages for half a year to 3 years.
Minegarde has both the lo-fi version as well. Try using this to go past the first page if the thread is long but the results will vary.
Browsing via the lo-fi version is the best way for long threads such as the Monster Hunter Origin thread above.
Crawlers don't save (to my knowledge) any dynamic web pages (they're web pages that request database access to generate the page on the fly upon request).
Crawlers take frequent snapshots of the web page depending on how many times that thread has been visited or basically how 'hot' it is. Check the header of the page to be sure.
So by this method we can recover quite a few things. I've done all that I can in recovering the guides and useful topics but one person can only do so much. I'm currently putting my efforts into finding a better way than this but if you want to pitch in and help then please do so. The future of this site rests upon its members.
