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  2. Scratch space - Wikipedia

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    Scratch space is space on the hard disk drive that is dedicated for storage of temporary user data, by analogy of "scratch paper." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is unreliable by intention and has no backup . Scratch disks may occasionally be set to erase all data at regular intervals so that the disk space is left free for future use.

  3. Data erasure - Wikipedia

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    Software-based data erasure uses a disk accessible application to write a combination of ones, zeroes and any other alpha numeric character also known as the "mask" onto each hard disk drive sector. The level of security when using software data destruction tools is increased dramatically by pre-testing hard drives for sector abnormalities and ...

  4. Disk Cleanup - Wikipedia

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    Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) is a computer maintenance utility included in Microsoft Windows designed to free up disk space. It was introduced in Windows 98 and has ...

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    The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.

  6. Russia tells its citizens: avoid travel to the West - AOL

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    By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge. MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that relations with Washington were so confrontational that Russian citizens should not visit the United States ...

  7. Simona Halep gets a wild-card entry for Australian Open ...

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    Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep, working her way back from a drug suspension, and Hall of Famer Lleyton Hewitt's 16-year-old son Cruz were among the players awarded wild-card entries ...

  8. Disk formatting - Wikipedia

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    Formatting a disk for use by an operating system and its applications typically involves three different processes. [e]Low-level formatting (i.e., closest to the hardware) marks the surfaces of the disks with markers indicating the start of a recording block (typically today called sector markers) and other information like block CRC to be used later, in normal operations, by the disk ...

  9. Simone Biles Says It Would Be 'Greedy' to Return to the ... - AOL

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    Just after winning a gold medal in the individual vault final in Paris on Aug. 3, Biles spoke during a press conference about the future of her signature vault. "This is my last, definitely ...