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The advanced searching criteria are used to recover lost data from formatted partition drive or the data recovery which is not possible on Standard search.

Basic input/output system (BIOS) often referred to as CMOS; the BIOS provide an interface for a computer's hardware and software. The BIOS configuration determines how your hardware is accessed.

The process and function that a computer goes through when it first starts up, ending in the proper loading of the Operating System and prepares receiving commands.

A part of the motherboard that maintain system variable in static RAM. It also supplies a real-time clock that keeps track of the date, day and time. CMOS Setup is typically accessible by entering a specific sequence of keystrokes during the POST at system start-up.

A data structure of records where files and directories are located on the hard disc logically

File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system that is used on different versions of Microsoft Windows operating system.

It is one of FAT file system, based on 16-bit integers. It has a limitation with respect to the size of partitions it can handle.

It is one of newer FAT file system, based on 32-bit integers. The file system is able to handle partitions of 2 TB size and uses the storage capacity more efficiently than FAT16.

The windows partition which are formatted (after formatting the drive, data existing on the drive is lost) due to error or virus infection.

A software utility command used to partition a hard drive with DOS and Windows operating systems.

A storage device (also called physical drive) inside a computer generally selected as the C: drive. It cannot be seen without opening up the computer; it contains several gigabytes of storage capacity.

A small plug whose presence or absence is used to determine primary and secondary configuration of Hard disk

Log is scanned information of files and folders detected in the recovery process.

Short for Master Boot Record, a small program that is executed when a computer boots up. Typically, the MBR resides on the first sector of the hard disk

Short for NT Loader, a program loaded from the hard drive boot sector that displays the Windows NT startup menu and helps Windows NT load.

The file system designed to the operating system Windows NT. This file system is more advanced than the FAT file system used by the earlier Windows operating systems, with regards to filenames, security and access control

It is division of hard drive. Each division is capable of containing 1 or more logical drives.

Partitioning of large Hard disk drive into smaller drives. A single Physical Drive can be partitioned into two or more smaller Logical Drives.

(Random-access memory) the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; it act as temporary storage of the data it stores data until the computer is on

This searching criteria is used in case of files folders deletion or data loss due to any viral infection or delete, missing partition

It is the process in which software searches for the information about data recovery i.e. FAT entries MBR

This help of find out all the partitions that was created since the hard disk initial installation all show all the partitions created up to date.

It is used to abort the scanning process temporarily.

Computer virus is a self-replicating computer program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents

Virtual File Allocation Table (VFAT) is the part of the Windows operating system that covers long file names, which otherwise could not be handled by the original file allocation table (FAT) programming.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over a cable using bi-serial transmission.