configured email and unallocated hard disk space

> In news:[email protected] oups.com,
> Jane Logan had this to say:
>
> My reply is in the middle of your sent message:
>

> > Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express sit
> > in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk space?

>
> Maybe for a very short time - longer if they're saved in an outbox or sent
> message folder, even longer if they're logged on the network.
>

> > Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
> > disk space of the hard drive?

>
> More than likely not. Some slim chance that it would be in residual TIF but
> most of those pages are dynamic languages such as PHP these days and thus
> not completely saved, just presented to the browser and not really saved in
> the TIF at all. You can open your TIF and look at .php pages and you'll see
> that only some are saved.
>

> > What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

>
> Deleted stuff. Nothing. Random ones and zeros if it has been wiped.
>
> Why do you ask? Did you lose something, are you trying to find something
> from someone else, or are you trying to hide something?
>
> If the answer is yes to any of the above you might want to be more specific
> so that we may help you if we're able/willing. (Not too many people here are
> willing to help you break laws or violate someone's privacy if that's what
> you're after.)
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/
>
> "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its
> solution is its own
> reward." - Sherlock Holmes

> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express sit
> in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk space?

> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
> disk space of the hard drive?

> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express sit
> in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk space?
>
> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
> disk space of the hard drive?
>
>
> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

> Jane Logan wrote:
>

>> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express sit
>> in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk space?

>
>
> Unallocated disk space is space that is not in any partition. No, no
> E-mails can be found there, because nothing is stored there.
>
> Whether copies of sent mails are saved at all depends on the settings
> of your E-mail client, but if they are saved, they have to be saved in
> allocated space. Again, nothing can be saved in unallocated space.
>
>

>> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
>> disk space of the hard drive?

>
>
> Yes, they could possibly be in temporary internet files, or in the
> page file.
>
>

>> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

>
>
> None at all. It's completely inaccessible if it's not allocated.

> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>> Jane Logan wrote:
>>

>>> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express
>>> sit in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk
>>> space?

>>
>>
>> Unallocated disk space is space that is not in any partition. No, no
>> E-mails can be found there, because nothing is stored there.
>>
>> Whether copies of sent mails are saved at all depends on the settings
>> of your E-mail client, but if they are saved, they have to be saved
>> in allocated space. Again, nothing can be saved in unallocated space.
>>
>>

>>> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
>>> disk space of the hard drive?

>>
>>
>> Yes, they could possibly be in temporary internet files, or in the
>> page file.
>>
>>

>>> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

>>
>>
>> None at all. It's completely inaccessible if it's not allocated.

>
> You're correct, but ... there are dependencies on what it means based
> on contect. Initially I had your take on this and then for grins
> decided to check around; here's a different take on it that's new to
> me but apparently not to a LOT of other people:
> Found on wikipedia:
> http://www.forensics-intl.com/def8.html

> Pop` wrote:
>

>> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

>>> Jane Logan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express
>>>> sit in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk
>>>> space?
>>>
>>>
>>> Unallocated disk space is space that is not in any partition. No, no
>>> E-mails can be found there, because nothing is stored there.
>>>
>>> Whether copies of sent mails are saved at all depends on the settings
>>> of your E-mail client, but if they are saved, they have to be saved
>>> in allocated space. Again, nothing can be saved in unallocated space.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
>>>> disk space of the hard drive?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, they could possibly be in temporary internet files, or in the
>>> page file.
>>>
>>>
>>>> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?
>>>
>>>
>>> None at all. It's completely inaccessible if it's not allocated.

>>
>> You're correct, but ... there are dependencies on what it means based
>> on contect. Initially I had your take on this and then for grins
>> decided to check around; here's a different take on it that's new to
>> me but apparently not to a LOT of other people:
>> Found on wikipedia:
>> http://www.forensics-intl.com/def8.html

>
>
> Interesting, thanks. It's always possible for anyone to use and define a
> word in a non-standard way, and of course it's even possible to puiblish
> such a non-standard definition.
>
> This site's definition of the term is very much non-standard, as far as
> I'm concerned.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>

> They seem to be using the term unallocated file space as opposed to
> unallocated disk space.

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..

>> Pop` wrote:
>>

>>> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>>>> Jane Logan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express
>>>>> sit in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk
>>>>> space?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unallocated disk space is space that is not in any partition. No,
>>>> no E-mails can be found there, because nothing is stored there.
>>>>
>>>> Whether copies of sent mails are saved at all depends on the
>>>> settings of your E-mail client, but if they are saved, they have
>>>> to be saved in allocated space. Again, nothing can be saved in
>>>> unallocated space.
>>>>> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on
>>>>> allocated disk space of the hard drive?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, they could possibly be in temporary internet files, or in the
>>>> page file.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> None at all. It's completely inaccessible if it's not allocated.
>>>
>>> You're correct, but ... there are dependencies on what it means
>>> based on contect. Initially I had your take on this and then for
>>> grins decided to check around; here's a different take on it that's
>>> new to me but apparently not to a LOT of other people:
>>> Found on wikipedia:
>>> http://www.forensics-intl.com/def8.html

>>
>>
>> Interesting, thanks. It's always possible for anyone to use and
>> define a word in a non-standard way, and of course it's even
>> possible to puiblish such a non-standard definition.
>>
>> This site's definition of the term is very much non-standard, as far
>> as I'm concerned.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

>
> It's certainly likely that Jane meant something other than what she said,
> but I don't know what it is, and I prefer not to guess (I don't even know
> what *you* mean by "unallocated file space").
>
> If I guess and guess wrong, I may just confuse the issue further, so I
> prefer to answer the question as it was asked, and let Jane herself
> clarify what she meant, if it wasn't what she said.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..

>>> Pop` wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>>>>> Jane Logan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express
>>>>>> sit in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk
>>>>>> space?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unallocated disk space is space that is not in any partition. No,
>>>>> no E-mails can be found there, because nothing is stored there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whether copies of sent mails are saved at all depends on the
>>>>> settings of your E-mail client, but if they are saved, they have
>>>>> to be saved in allocated space. Again, nothing can be saved in
>>>>> unallocated space.
>>>>>> Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on
>>>>>> allocated disk space of the hard drive?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, they could possibly be in temporary internet files, or in the
>>>>> page file.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> None at all. It's completely inaccessible if it's not allocated.
>>>>
>>>> You're correct, but ... there are dependencies on what it means
>>>> based on contect. Initially I had your take on this and then for
>>>> grins decided to check around; here's a different take on it that's
>>>> new to me but apparently not to a LOT of other people:
>>>> Found on wikipedia:
>>>> http://www.forensics-intl.com/def8.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting, thanks. It's always possible for anyone to use and
>>> define a word in a non-standard way, and of course it's even
>>> possible to puiblish such a non-standard definition.
>>>
>>> This site's definition of the term is very much non-standard, as far
>>> as I'm concerned.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>>> Please reply to the newsgroup

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