Information
Before conducting any forensic analysis, it's critical to first clone the hard drive to preserve the original data. For guidance on how to clone a hard drive, you can refer to these resources:
When retrieving information from a hard drive, there are two main approaches:
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Partition Recovery
- Autopsy: A tool used to recover lost partitions, helping you locate the entire file structure (tree) and file names.
- This method focuses on restoring missing or deleted partitions to access the data contained within them.
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File Carving
- GHex: Used for viewing the raw hexadecimal data on the drive.
- Photorec: A tool that scans the drive to recover specific documents using file signatures (fingerprints).
- This technique involves scanning the drive’s hex data to search and recover files, even when the file system is damaged or lost.
Both methods can be essential for data recovery or forensic investigation. Tools like Autopsy, GHex, and Photorec can be found under the "Red Team/Others/Hardware/HardDrive/Tools" category.