EnCE EnCase Computer Forensics: The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide, 3rd Edition
by Steve Bunting
Summary
This chapter covered the many facets of acquiring digital evidence. I covered the process by which you control the boot process by modifying the boot order in Setup and modifying boot disks so that any calls made to the hard drive are redirected to the boot disk. You examined three methods of creating EnCase boot disks within EnCase.
After understanding the process and making EnCase boot disks, I discussed the reasons why EnCase boot disks are needed despite advances in write-blocking technology allowing acquisitions in Windows. For example, you may encounter geometry mismatches between legacy and modern BIOS code. You may encounter proprietary security schemes that marry hard drives to chips on the motherboard. You may also encounter ...
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