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What Are Windows Reboot Operations?

What Are Windows Reboot Operations?

Often referred to as Pending File Renames, these operations are events relating to folders and files which take place when your PC is rebooted, or switched off and back on again. These events fall into the following categories: Delete files / folders Rename files / folders Move files / folders...
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What is an ADS (Alternate Data Stream)

What is an ADS (Alternate Data Stream)

Alternate Data Streams (ADS) are part of the NTFS file system in Windows operating systems. They are not included in the FAT and FAT32 file systems. ADSs were originally included in NTFS to provide compatibility with the Macintosh File System. What is an ADS? Every file has a primary data...
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