NTFS Boot Sector Forensic Analysis
When a volume is formatted with the NTFS file system, several system (metadata) files are created…
When a volume is formatted with the NTFS file system, several system (metadata) files are created…
Data recovery techniques are broadly classified into two categories: logical data recovery and p…
Figure 1: Decoding a FAT32 root directory entry In FAT file systems, every file and folder is descr…
A partition is divided into equally sized clusters — small, contiguous blocks of storage. The actua…
The File Allocation Table (FAT) file system was originally designed by Marc McDonald at Micros…
Typical storage media are organized using a defined partition scheme. Common partition schemes i…
Slack space is an important form of evidence in the field of forensic investigation. Often, slack…
The forensic keyword search typically follows a process where an analyst acquire a questionable har…