The steps for prefetch file recovery with Windows Prefetch Carver are as follows:
- For this recipe, we used a memory image from a Windows 7 system. The image is called joshua1.vmem - you can find the download link for this memory image in the See Also section. Now let's use the tool. Type the following command:
prefetch-carve.py -f joshua1.vmem -o output.txt
As the result, you'll get an output file with carved data, as in the figure below:
Figure 7.25. Windows Prefetch Carver output
- As you can see, the tool carved 13 records: timestamps, file names, and run counts are presented. There are a few output formats supported, ...