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Article: Computer forensic analysis: hard drives may hold vital evidence.(Cover Story)
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- Law Enforcement Technology
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Computer forensic investigation is generally the term used to describe the process of investigating and analyzing evidence or information magnetically stored or encoded on a computer. The process involves identifying the computer source, preserving the source, collecting and examining the evidence, and developing a detailed report of findings. Computer forensic investigation also is used to describe the process of comparing complex evidence data (i.e., comparing business or bank transactions with phone records) or the use of graphics and animations in the courtroom to enhance visualization of a crime scene to the jury. However, in this article we will only look at ...