This is an advanced cookbook and reference guide for digital forensic practitioners. File System Forensic Analysis focuses on the file system and disk. The file system of a computer is where most files are stored and where most evidence is found; it also the most technically challenging part of forensic analysis. This book offers an overview and detailed knowledge of the file system and disc layout. The overview will allow an investigator to more easily find evidence, recover deleted data, and validate his tools. The cookbook section will show how to use the many open source tools for analysis, many of which Brian Carrier has developed himself.
Coverage includes:
- Preserving the digital crime scene and duplicating hard disks
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February 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Data Recovery Books | No Comments
Computer forensics is the branch of forensic science that examines evidence stored digitally on a hard drive or other data storage medium.
History
Computer forensics can be traced back to the beginning of the 1990s when computers began to be integrated into our daily existence. DIBS USA was one of the first computer forensics companies to emerge.
Function
Computer forensics is about the preservation and extraction of data. Data is often found in server logs or on suspects’ hard drives. Since every move on a computer leaves a footprint, forensic experts have to find out how to tie that footprint to a case.
Misconceptions
Computer forensics doesn’t involve a lot of high-level hacking or computer security knowledge since most…
February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Computer Forensic | No Comments
What are the common Reasons of Hard Disk Drive failure?
1. Electronic Component Failure
2. Motor Failure
3. Read / Write Head Failure
4. Media Damage
5. Firmware Corruption
6. Logical Failure
One or all of the above primary causes may be evident when diagnosing a failed hard disk drive.
Electronic Component Failure
Electronic components may fail due to voltage transients, heat or poor handling. Substitution, repair and re-programming is generally required in order to recover data stored on the hard disk. PCB assemblies are however hyper tuned at the manufacture stage and specialist re-programming and calibration is subsequently required to restore the hard disk to a working condition.
Motor Failure
Hard disk motor spindles…
February 18th, 2010 | Posted in Data Recovery | 1 Comment
Maxtor Firmware Repair 2.0 is a program aiming at solution for typical firmware malfunction of Maxtor 541DX (2B020H1 2B010H1), which may manifest itself as follows:
1. HDD is not identified or identified by its factory alias “Maxtor Athena”;
2. HDD starts the motor and then hangs.
How does Maxtor Firmware Repair 2.0 work?
1. The restoration program will not overwrite the HDD data so it is applicable to data recovery.
2. It provides the users with a most friendly operation interface and it only takes you a few seconds to restore an HDD with typical firmware malfunction.
3. So, after you have this powerful freeware installed, all you have to do is to insert the bootable disk and have…
February 17th, 2010 | Posted in Disk Repair Tools | No Comments
Are you facing a scandisk on your HDD because there is some bad sectors?
Is it annoying and time-consuming? then you’ve come to the right place.
HDD Scan And Repair 3.0 is the only one known professional program which can scan HDD over 136 G directly that need not the support of computer mainboard with high speed. It can utmost afford 2000 G HDD in theory.
Notice: If you have recently installed Windows Service Pack 2 (SP2) you would be having problems with your SP2 after using HDD Scan And Repair 3.0 installation program to create the bootable floppy disk.
How does HDD Scan and Repair 3.0 work?
1. A breakthrough of this program is that, without depending on BIOS,…
February 17th, 2010 | Posted in Disk Repair Tools | No Comments
Seagate Firmware Repair 5.0 is a demoware aiming at one-key solution towards typical firmware malfunction of Seagate Barracuda VII drives, which may manifest itself as follows:
1. HDD is not identified or identified incorrectly;
2. HDD starts the motor and then hangs.
How does Seagate Firmware Repair Demo 5.0 work?
1.The restoration program will not destroy the HDD data so it is applicable to data recovery.
2.It provides the users with a most friendly operation interface. Powerful and easy in fixing HDD typical firmware malfunction: Just one click and your data and drive comes back (80% of corrupt Seagate drives are caused by typical malfunction).
3.Check HDD firmware: Powerful function that enables you to figure out the…
February 16th, 2010 | Posted in Disk Repair Tools | No Comments
Bad Sectors Repair 2.0 can add bad sectors of Maxtor 541DX(2B0X0H1) HDD into the factory defects list (P-LIST), up to 15,000 bad sectors can be added into the list at most.
How does Bad Sectosr Repair 2.0 work?
1. It is able to move defects from G-list to P-list, empty and reset both P-list and G-list, reset the HDD capacity and add your specific sector as defect into the P-list…
2. The HDD restored would work just as a brand-new HDD: There will be no bad sector,and it could be partitioned and formatted at your will.
3. So, after you have this powerful freeware installed, all you have to do is to insert the bootable disk and have your target…
February 16th, 2010 | Posted in Disk Repair Tools | No Comments
This is an advanced cookbook and reference guide for digital forensic practitioners. File System Forensic Analysis focuses on the file system and disk. The file system of a computer is where most files are stored and where most evidence is found; it also the most technically challenging part of forensic analysis. This book offers an overview and detailed knowledge of the file system and disc layout. The overview will allow an investigator to more easily find evidence, recover deleted data, and validate his tools. The cookbook section will show how to use the many open source tools for analysis, many of which Brian Carrier has developed himself.
