File System Forensic Analysis

File System Forensic Analysis is a definitive handbook and reference guide for practitioners in digital forensics. The contents of this book are primarily focussed and directed at file systems and disk space. This book provides quite a strong foundation for file system analysis. The research by the author is thorough and the book is well compiled.The file system of a computer is the space where most of the files in the computer are stored. Understanding the structure, working and functionality of a file system is technically challenging and it is a barrier that a practitioner should overcome in order to gain access to the files that may prove to be crucial.File System Forensic Analysis is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the fundamentals in the field of computers and digital investigation. The second part of the book deals with volume analysis and covers computer-based partition, server-based partition and multiple disk volumes. The third part takes up a major section of this book and covers file system analysis. The topic of file system analysis is covered methodically and in detail by further dividing it into several well-explained chapters. This is then followed by an appendix.File System Forensic Analysis was published by Addison Wesley in 2005. This first edition is available as a paperback.Key Features:Although this book goes into detail about the filesystem level, it doesn't venture into details about the application level.This book is suitable to gain a rudimentary knowledge of the subject.

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