Abstract:When files are deleted, their information is not removed from the storage media. This is a well known fact, and there exist numerous undelete utilities to recover newly deleted files. When deleted files have been partly overwritten, the data from the part of the file that remains in unallocated space can be readily extracted by file carving. Such carving is often performed in forensic investigations. Furthermore, as a consequence of file system implementation specifics, there additionally exist small remains o… Show more
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