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  2. Pre-boot authentication - Wikipedia

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    A PBA environment serves as an extension of the BIOS, UEFI or boot firmware and guarantees a secure, tamper-proof environment external to the operating system as a trusted authentication layer. [2] The PBA prevents any operating system from loading until the user has confirmed he/she has the correct password to unlock the computer. [ 2 ]

  3. Dynamic drive overlay - Wikipedia

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    The application of a Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO), as licensed to Samsung Corporation for example, by Kroll Ontrack's version in their Disk Manager program is for the installation of various hard drives (Ultra/Super IDE/Parallel ATA) in computers that have older BIOS chips that do not recognize hard disk drives larger than 137.4 Gigabytes. [1]

  4. Disk data format - Wikipedia

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    The common RAID DDF structure benefits storage users by enabling in-place data migration or recovery after controller failure using systems from different vendors. [ 1 ] DDF is an external metadata format that is compatible with the mdraid subsystem in the Linux kernel.

  5. Hard disk drive failure - Wikipedia

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    Data from a failed drive can sometimes be partially or totally recovered if the platters' magnetic coating is not totally destroyed. Specialized companies carry out data recovery, at significant cost. It may be possible to recover data by opening the drives in a clean room and using appropriate equipment to replace or revitalize failed ...

  6. Parallel ATA - Wikipedia

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    Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT Attachment, also known as Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE), is a standard interface designed for IBM PC-compatible computers.It was first developed by Western Digital and Compaq in 1986 for compatible hard drives and CD or DVD drives.