December, 2008 | DataRecoveryUnion.com

Photograph and log room, position of computer and status of computer; If the computer is “OFF,” Do Not Turn “ON”; If the computer is “ON,” Do Not Turn “OFF”; Place Evidence tape over each drive slot; Photograph and label back of computer components while they are plugged in; Label all connection ends to allow reassembly if needed; If transporting, treat all components as fragile; Collect all devices such as cables, keyboards and monitors; Collect instruction manuals, documentation, and notes; User notes may contain passwords;…

Computer Forensic

Computer Forensic Example

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Recovery of over 1000 E-Mails off of a hard drive; A year and half after the individual left the company; After the hard drive had been formatted; After the machine was in use by another user for that year and a half; Best way to remove e-mail from a hard drive is to hit with a sledge hammer and throw it into a furnace;…

Computer Forensic

Computer Forensics Defined

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“Computer Forensics deals with the preservation, identification, extraction and documentation of computer evidence.”* “Computer forensics has also been described as the autopsy of a computer hard disk drive because specialized software tools and techniques are required to analyze the various levels at which computer data is stored after the fact.”*…

Hard Disk Repair

Fundamentals of searching for malfunctions

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The description above should demonstrate that a HDD is a sophisticated software and hardware device combining electronic and mechanical parts and utilizing the most recent achievements of microelectronics, micromechanics, automatic control theory, magnetic recording theory, and coding theory. HDD repair is impossible without specialized knowledge, special equipment, instruments and tools, and without a specifically equipped location (clean room).…

Hard Disk Repair

Technologies used for maintaining HDD reliability

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With all the complications HDD manufacturers are constantly trying to make user data storage more reliable. To accomplish that they use various methods and technologies in their drives. Figure 5. Control circuit of spindel of HDD (family WDAC 32500 and WDAC 33100) S.M.A.R.T.…

Computer Forensic

Computer Forensic Tool: Encase Forensic

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EnCase Forensic is the industry standard in computer forensic investigation technology. With an intuitive GUI, superior analytics, enhanced email/Internet support and a powerful scripting engine, EnCase provides investigators with a single tool, capable of conducting large-scale and complex investigations from beginning to end.…

Hard Disk Repair

HDD malfunctions

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“Nothing is eternal” – that expression applies also to hard disk drives. No matter how reliable a HDD is still it is degraded with time by destructive processes. First, a drive is a mechanical and electronic device but all mechanical parts gradually wear out.…

Hard Disk Repair

Logical structure of disk space

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Considerable part of disk space in modern drives is hidden from users; it contains service data and an area reserved for substitution instead of defective sectors in a HDD. In normal operation mode it is accessible by drive microcontroller only. Users may access the working area frequently called logical disk space and it is exactly the same capacity as the value indicated in the characteristics of a certain model.…

December 2008

How to Secure the Computer as Evidence?

Computer Forensic Example

Computer Forensics Defined

Fundamentals of searching for malfunctions

Technologies used for maintaining HDD reliability

Computer Forensic Tool: Encase Forensic

Logical structure of disk space