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GCFA · Question #172

Which of the following tools is used to locate lost files and partitions to restore data from a formatted, damaged, or lost partition in Windows and Apple Macintosh computers?

The correct answer is D. VirtualLab. VirtualLab is a cross-platform data recovery tool that can locate and restore data from formatted, damaged, or lost partitions on both Windows and Mac systems.

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Question

Which of the following tools is used to locate lost files and partitions to restore data from a formatted, damaged, or lost partition in Windows and Apple Macintosh computers?

Options

  • AEasy-Undelete
  • BFile Scavenger
  • CRecover4all Professional
  • DVirtualLab

How the community answered

(14 responses)
  • A
    14% (2)
  • C
    7% (1)
  • D
    79% (11)

Why each option

VirtualLab is a cross-platform data recovery tool that can locate and restore data from formatted, damaged, or lost partitions on both Windows and Mac systems.

AEasy-Undelete

Easy-Undelete is a Windows-only utility focused on recovering recently deleted files from intact partitions and does not specialize in locating lost or damaged partitions across multiple operating systems.

BFile Scavenger

File Scavenger is a Windows-exclusive partition recovery and file undelete tool and has no support for Apple Macintosh computers.

CRecover4all Professional

Recover4all Professional targets Windows environments for deleted file recovery and lacks the cross-platform support for Apple Macintosh systems specified in the question.

DVirtualLabCorrect

VirtualLab supports data recovery on both Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms and is specifically designed to locate lost files and partitions, recovering data from formatted drives, corrupted filesystems, and deleted partitions - matching all the conditions described in the question stem.

Concept tested: Cross-platform partition and data recovery tool selection

Topics

#partition recovery#data recovery tools#lost partitions#VirtualLab

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