Compression algorithms are particularly efficient on text documents, and compressed archives such as ZIP, GZip, Bzip2 have an internal file system, which means that if the device's file system is corrupted, the file names within the compressed archive remain intact.
Plain text documents also lack file descriptors (except UTF with byte order mark / BOM) which data recovery software usually uses to find files. But compressed archives do have them, making them discoverable by that way. Only their own file name may be damaged, as it is stored by the file system itself. But its contents should be uncompromised.
Compression algorithms are particularly efficient on text documents, and compressed archives such as ZIP, GZip, Bzip2 have an internal file system, which means that if the device's file system is corrupted, the file names within the compressed archive remain intact.
Plain text documents also lack file descriptors (except UTF with *byte order mark* / *BOM*) which data recovery software usually uses to find files. But compressed archives do have them, making them discoverable by that way. Only **their own** file name may be damaged, as it is stored by the file system itself. But its contents should be uncompromised.
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