Glossary
Corrupt
A corrupt file is a file that has become damaged due to a bug in a programme that has used the file (often the operating system) or due to errors on the storage media (usually a hard drive, but files can also be corrupted on floppy disk and on scratched CDs and DVDs).
Programmes such as ScanDisk can often recover corrupt files.
Related glossary terms
Corrupt, DVD, Hard Drive, Operating System, Storage
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