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Just got the notification of a new update: PC-3000 UDMA-E (6.3x) ENG Don't have the changelog yet hehehehe PS: Changelog: The newest versions of PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.3.8, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.4.4, Data Extractor Ver. 5.6.3, are available now! The following English, Japanese and...

Hi Guys I had a client that was hit by CryptXXX. The client is willing to pay the ransomware (2.1BC) but acording to several tools (Kasperksy and Trend Micro), they say it can be decryptable. I had some hard work to get 3 or 4 files unencrypted, because both tools ask for the encrypted and...

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Hi Guys A question please: I have recovered a HFS+ HDD (imaged with only 250 bad sectors). I can now see the files and folder using R-Studio, but after recovering them, the files don't open... Can this be related with security of Apple? But if so, I couldn't see the folder structure, right...

Hi I need to know if it's possible to change the imaging parameters (source and destination). For instance: I'm imaging a drive from Sata0 to USB and later I need to connect on Sata1 to continue. Why I'm asking?? Sometimes while imaging, heads fail and I need to get another donor, so the case...

Hey guys Today I bought a new drive. I asked for a Hitachi, the guy gave it to me and looked very WD'ish. Took it to lab, power on PC3K and it didn't know what was it ehehehhe. Selected WD and there it goes: a normal WD, with normal WD modules, tracks, etc, etc hehehehe So, no you don't buy...

Hi Guys Who do already own ER-Tools? Any reviews on them? Better or worse than ACETOOLS? Thanks

Today I got a head swap toolkit I had bought from ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272312509203? ... Tags=bu=bu Seems pretty great so far. One thing I found out for now: the letters can badly be seen, I had to pass a marker on them to see the letters well. Tomorrow I will make some tests with it.

Hey Guys Got a pickle here.... I have this WD that needs heads. The problem is that the HDD was already refurbished by WD official, so I'm not really sure how to trust in the label to find a donor.... What do you suggest? Thanks

Hi Guys I have this Europa drive here that needs a headswap (they were stuck on platters). 2 problems here: 1st: It's a refurbished drive (by WD) 2nd: Is it possible to use another family for head donor? Have you used another family on this Europa drives? I was going to try a Mariner, but the...

Hi Today I saw this video posted by Scott Moulton. Some of you use this technique? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY_fwJnh8wI

Hi Got a flash drive from a client on where the ODS and XLS dissapered. After running R-Studio, I can see many files with extension B631C. I didn't found any info about this, so I suspect on some kind of encryption. Have anyone saw these kind of files? Thanks

Hey Guys Do you usually get corruption after imaging a drive? How do you deal with that with your clients? I keep getting more and more people complaining that they still have corrupted files, even after I pass DE several times, with different configurations to try to extract the more that I...

Today I got this ehhehehe The power plug of the PSU was completely toasted

Hey Guys Check your update box. New version is out. Don't know the changelog yet though...

Hey guys Do you have any tool to check the environment inside your clean room/cabinet? What do you use/recomend? Cheers

Hey Guys Got a situation here. A client brought an old HP server and a bad SCSI HDD. The PC have a HP Dat 24 tape drive and he claims that the tapes should have backups on them (he brought 5 tapes). But he doesn't know how the backups were made, which software, nothing.... I tried to use Z-Dat...

Hi Just checked that ACE updated all the manuals on the 14th of September. Have you noticed? Time to re-read. :mrgreen:

With data breaches and data security pushed into the news on seemingly daily basis, we expect today’s digital investigators to be faced with encryption technology more frequently. For those with something to hide, the use of strong encryption has been widely promoted. For those with data they...

Hi Found this page. It contains a big list of utilities that might help... https://forensiccontrol.com/resources/free-software/