EnCE EnCase Computer Forensics: The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide, 3rd Edition
by Steve Bunting
Summary
This chapter explained the computer’s components, as well as its boot process, partitions, and file systems. I covered computer hardware components, including their acronyms, attributes, functions, and purpose. In addition, I covered the two major components of the boot process. The first is the Power On Self-Test, in which the major components are tested and initialized (added to the system). The second consists of the bootstrap code locating a bootable drive and loading the specified operating system.
I also defined and described partitions and volumes. A partition is a collection of consecutive sectors within a volume and is a container for a file system, with specific boundaries and properties. A volume is a collection of addressable ...
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