In the event of a catastrophic drive failure, Will this recover a system
WITHOUT re-installing the OS first? I didnot see a mechanism for doing
that.
Arconis uses a boot cd that enables USB, network shares and uses image
files Ive created on a 80 gig USB drive formatted NTFS as well as other
images on shared NTFS drives.
Erich Newell wrote:
> I just popped in and have seen a ton of comments regarding proper
> imaging of a hard drive, and thought I'd throw in my two cents.
>
> One of my favorite tools is dcfldd (
> http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Dcfldd and
> http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/dcfldd/). It is a forensic version
> of dd, that can be used over a network. It essentially does the same
> things that many have been describing, but in a much cleaner interface.
>
> A snippet from the wiki:
>
> -------- snip -------
>
> *dcfldd* is an enhanced version of dd
> <http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Dd>. It has some useful features
> for forensic investigators
> <http://www.forensicswiki.org/index.php?title=Investigator&action=edit>:
>
> * On-the-fly hashing <http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Hash> of
> the transmitted data.
> * Progress bar of how much data has already been sent.
> * Wiping of disks with known patterns.
> * Verification that the image is identical to the original drive,
> bit-for-bit.
> * Simultaneous output to more than one file/disk is possible.
> * The output can be splitted into multiple files.
> * Logs and data can be piped into external applications.
>
> The program only produces raw image files
> <http://www.forensicswiki.org/wiki/Raw_image_file>.
>
> -------- end snip -------
>
> I thought some may find this useful.
>
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