Notes - MCS
Computer Systems Forensic Analysis
Notes - MCS
Computer Systems Forensic Analysis
  • Computer Systems Forensic Analysis
  • Overview of Cybercrime
    • Cyberspace
    • Information Security Principles
    • Cybercrime vs. Computer Crime
    • Cybercrime slang
      • Images
    • Digital Evidence
  • Introduction to Digital Forensics
    • Concepts
    • Digital Forensic
    • Digital Investigation
    • Digital Crime Scene Investigation Methodology
    • Digital Evidence Handling
    • Ethical Code
  • Obtaining Evidences
    • Introduction
    • Boot Process
    • Secuere Boot Process
    • Windows Boot Process
    • Forensic Boot Tools
    • Bootable CD-ROMS - Linux Based
    • ADS
    • Forensic Sorting Tools
    • Forensic Acquisition
    • Dealing With Media Errors
    • Hidden Areas
    • Write Protection of Evidence Media
    • Storing Acquired Data
    • Image File Acquisition
    • Hash Values
  • Data Organization
    • Data Organization
    • File System
    • File Content
    • Endianness
    • Character Encoding
    • Data Structures
    • Date and Time
    • Encoding
  • Storage Devices
    • BIOS versus direct access
    • Hard Disk Geometry
    • Advanced Technology Attachment Interface
      • Device Configuration Overlay
    • Small Computer Systems Interface
    • NAND Flash memory
    • Level wearing
    • HDD vs SSD
    • Pen USB vs SSD Comparison
    • SSD Connectors, Interfaces, and Transfer Protocols
  • Volumes and Partitions
    • Concepts
    • Partition Tables
    • Sectors Addresses
    • Logical addresses
    • Volume Analysis
    • Types of Partition Tables
    • Common Partition Tables (MBR)
    • Boot Code
    • MBR examination
    • Removable Storage
    • Common Partition Tables (GPT)
    • Common Partition Tables (BSD)
    • Volumes’ Aggregation
  • RAM Analysis
    • RAM Analysis
    • General Computer Architecture
    • DMA – Direct Memory Access
    • Paging
    • Memory Acquisition
  • Mobile Forensics
    • Forensic value of phones
    • International Mobile Equipment Identifier
    • Potential Evidence
    • Forensics Dangers
    • Data Acquisition
    • Logical acquisition
    • Physical acquisition
    • Hashing
    • Software tools
  • Open Source INTelligence
    • Classical sources of information and intelligence
    • Evolution of OSINT - Open Sources Intelligence
    • Information sources
    • Closed source of information
    • Open sources
    • Information to Intelligence Cycle
    • Skills of the Analyst
    • Open Source Possibilities
    • Automated Processing
    • DarkNet
  • Documentation and Reporting
    • Introduction
    • Physical examination
    • Examining a computer
    • Media Examination
    • Examples of things to write in the report
    • Forensic Report
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  1. Volumes and Partitions

Concepts

Volumes

  • May be created by joining many small storage spaces into a larger one (intermediate volume).

  • May be created by splitting a physical storage space into smaller spaces (OS volume).

  • Is a collection of sectors.

    • for the OS those sectors are consecutive – volume level.

    • at the physical level, they may not be consecutive.

  • are structures that define the space occupied by the file system.

  • We need to know the volume structure to analyze its contents

    • if a drive is corrupted we may not be able to read the volume structure.

    • a volume might have been deleted in an attempt to hide data.

Why use volumes?

  • some OS use a volume to store RAM data when they hibernate, e. g. Linux (swap partition).

  • to separate the OS files from the users’ files.

  • to allow dual boot, e. g. windows, and Linux.

  • to aggregate smaller storage spaces.

    • to get more space for the file system.

    • to get redundancy and prevent data loss due to drive failures.

Partitions

  • are a particular case of volumes.

  • a partition is a set of consecutive sectors.

  • the confusion between partitions and volumes is common.

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