During computer forensics investigations, which type of data is lost when power is removed from the computer?

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During computer forensics investigations, which type of data is lost when power is removed from the computer?

  • data that is stored on solid state drives
  • data that is stored in RAM
  • data that is stored on magnetic disk
  • data that is stored to an external drive

Explanation: Volatile data that is contained in cache, RAM, and CPU registers is lost when power is removed from the computer.

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