deleted file

collocation in English

meaningsofdeleteandfile

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delete
verb[I or T]
uk
/dɪˈliːt/us
/dɪˈliːt/
to remove or draw a line through something, especially a written word ...
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file
noun
uk
/faɪl/us
/faɪl/
any of several different types of container used to store papers, letters, and other documents in an ordered way, especially in ...
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(Definition ofdeleteandfilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even overwriting the portion of a disk surface occupied by adeletedfileis insufficient in many cases.
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Defragging a drive may prevent undeletion, as the blocks used bydeletedfilemight be overwritten since they are marked as empty.
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In the lost file recovery technique the program findsdeletedfileentries, and if requested will do a file carve of selected file types.
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For example, adeletedfileis typically not immediately overwritten on disk, but more often simply has its entry deleted from the file system index.
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The file name is found in thedeletedfilesearch, but not in the lost file.
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In the reassembly phase, the blocks are placed in sequence to reproduce the deleted files.
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It also introduces option to automatically remove deleted files from search results.
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Some of the deleted files can be recovered with an undelete tool.
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Utilities to free space for deleted files, if the file system provides an undelete function, also belong to this category.
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Can display deleted files and undelete them.
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