Thumbcache Images – An Overview Thumbcache files are database files that are automatically generated by the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows Vista onwards within the ‘hidden’ system directory located at the path \Users\[User Profile Name]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\. How are Thumbcache Images Stored? Images within the Thumbcache files are automatically stored when a folder on the computer […]

What is File Slack Space? File slack space occurs when a smaller file overwrites a larger one. File Slack space is the difference between the logical end of the file and the physical end of the area containing the file. A simple comparison would be when a one-hour film overwrites a two-hour film on a […]

Unallocated Clusters – An Overview Unallocated Clusters are areas of deleted data that have lost allocation within the file system. When files are deleted from a computer or storage device, the data forming that file is not physically removed from the drive, instead, the entry within the Master File Table is altered to remove the […]

System Volume Information – An Overview System Volume Information consists of a ‘hidden’ Windows system directory that contains a backup within shadow copy files of the user and system stored files. The Microsoft Windows operating system automatically stores a backup of files present on the hard drive and places these files within a ‘hidden’ and […]

Background to Paul Ceglia Paul Ceglia was a wood pellet salesman who lived in Wellsville, New York State and alleged that he had written a contract in 2003 to hire Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO to carry out computer programming for his company, called Street Fax, after he had responded to an advert published by […]