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Practical Forensic Imaging
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Practical Forensic Imaging

by Bruce Nikkel
September 2016
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 32m
English
No Starch Press
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6FORENSIC IMAGE ACQUISITION

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This chapter explains the forensic imaging of storage media, with an emphasis on performing forensically sound image acquisition. This means maximizing the amount of data extracted from a particular storage medium, minimizing the disturbance to the storage device and medium, preserving the collected evidence, and documenting the process (including errors).

You’ll read about several tools and approaches here, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. As a result, you’ll be able to make an informed decision about which tool is most appropriate in a particular situation. You’ll learn how to use a variety of free ...

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