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• A form of residual data, slack space is the amount of on-disk file space from the end of the logical record information to the end of the physical disk record. Slack space can contain information soft-deleted from the record, information from prior records stored at the same physical location as current records, metadata fragments and other information useful for forensic analysis of computer systems.
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• A form of residual data, slack space is the amount of on-disk file space from the end of the logical record information to the end of the physical disk record. Slack space can contain information soft-deleted from the record, information from prior records stored at the same physical location as current records, metadata fragments and other information useful for forensic analysis of computer systems.
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• Remnant data from deleted files still located in clusters on a hard drive.
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• Browse Related Terms: Ambient Data, Archive, Deleted Files and Data, File Slack, File Slack Space, Forensic Copy, Kerning, Leading/Ledding, Logical File Space, Physical File Space, Residual Data, Slack/Slack Space, Unallocated Space, Unallocated Space -

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