If the partition size Is 4 GB, each cluster will be 32 K. Even If a file needs only 10 K, the entire 32 K will be allocated, resulting In 22 K of___________.

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Options

• ASlack space
• BDeleted space
• CCluster space
• DSector space

• A
  89% (16)
• B
  6% (1)
• C
  6% (1)

Explanation

Slack space (also called file slack) is the unused storage space that exists between the end of a file's actual data and the end of the last cluster allocated to that file. File systems allocate storage in fixed-size units called clusters. If a file only uses part of a cluster, the remaining unused bytes in that cluster are wasted - this waste is called slack space. In this example, a 32 KB cluster is allocated for a 10 KB file, leaving 22 KB of slack space. This concept is important in digital forensics because slack space can contain remnants of previously deleted data.

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