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Deletion to Recovery Pipeline

See how data moves from intact file, to deleted metadata, to journal remnants, carving, and finally the effect of encryption

LiveDeletedJournalCarveEncryptRaw recovery window 70%Useful recovery after encryption 25%rawuseful
DELETEDDeleted But Not Reused

The name is gone, but the old blocks may still contain the data. This is the classic recovery window.

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