Definition: Invalid files


Artificial files, incorrectly created by automatic recovery utilities like Chkdsk, Scandisk, Vrepair, Norton Disk Doctor, and many others. The content of such files do not normally have any value. This is because it may contain only a fragment of the data of the original file, or it may contain fragments of several files.




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Track-to-track Seek Time

The time that elapses when the read/write heads move from one track to an adjacent track.

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