Encase Forensic 7.09.00.111 -x64- -
At 6:00 PM, she clicked . The output was a 300-page PDF with a table of contents, hash values, chain of custody, and every bookmark she had placed. The footer automatically read: "Generated by EnCase Forensic 7.09.00.111 - x64."
Deep within the pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys, EnCase’s found fragments of a deleted chat log. Using the File Carver with a custom header for the chat application (0x4C4F4758) , she reconstructed a conversation. The suspect had written: "Just delete the SQL table and run the disk cleaner. No one finds evidence in unallocated space." EnCase Forensic 7.09.00.111 -x64-
Two hours later, the acquisition was complete. Sarah opened the case file and navigated to the of unallocated space. This was where EnCase 7.09 excelled. Its file signature analysis wasn't just based on extensions; it looked at internal headers (hex values like FF D8 FF for JPEGs). The suspect had changed a spreadsheet's extension from .xlsx to .dll , but EnCase’s View File Structure pane showed the Compound File Binary header instantly. "OLE," Sarah muttered. "You’re hiding accounting data inside a system file." At 6:00 PM, she clicked