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Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals
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Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals

by Larry Daniel, Lars Daniel
October 2011
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
9h 15m
English
Syngress
Content preview from Digital Forensics for Legal Professionals
Chapter 29. Deleted Data

Information in this chapter:

• How data is stored on a hard drive
• Deleted file recovery
• Evidence of data destruction
One of the foundations of digital forensics is data recovery. Luckily for digital forensics examiners, truly deleting data on digital devices, especially computers, is quite hard to do. This chapter explains the ins and outs of what a computer does when it deletes data, and the different ways it does so. Usually in digital forensics, it is not a matter of whether data still exists or is really gone. The black and white are thin lines bordering the chasm of grey when it comes to deleted data. Usually it is just a matter of to what degree the data has actually been deleted. This chapter will explain the different ...
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