Creating a Forensic Image Lets us begin with creating an image copy of the original evidence.
Creating a Forensic Image Forensic Imaging is one of the most crucial steps involved in digital forensic investigation. It is the process of making an archival or backup copy of the entire hard drive. It is a storage file that contains all the necessary information to boot to the operating system. However, this imaged disk needs to be applied to the hard drive to work. One cannot restore a hard drive by placing the disk image files on it as it needs to be opened and installed on the drive using an imaging program. A single hard drive can store many disk images on it. Disk images can also be stored on flash drives with a larger capacity. Open FTK Imager by AccessData after installing it, and you will see the window pop-up which is the first page to which this tool opens. Now, to create a Disk Image. Click on File > Create Disk Image. Now you can choose the source based on the drive you have. It can be a physical or a logical Drive depending on your evidence. A Physical Dr...