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EnCase Forensic Version 6.11 Userʹs Guide
Contents
LinEn Set Up Under SUSE ..................................................................................................................... 49
LinEn Set Up Under Red Hat ................................................................................................................ 49
Performing Acquisitions with LinEn ......................................................................................................... 50
Setup for a Drive‐to‐Drive Acquisition ................................................................................................ 50
Doing a Drive‐to‐Drive Acquisition Using LinEn .............................................................................. 51
Acquiring Device Configuration Overlays (DCO) and Host Protected Areas (HPA)................... 54
Acquiring a Disk Running in Direct ATA Mode ................................................................................ 54
Mode Selection......................................................................................................................................... 55
Doing a Crossover Cable Preview or Acquisition .............................................................................. 56
Hashing the Subject Drive Using LinEn .................................................................................................... 58
CHAPTER 5 Navigating the EnCase Interface
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The Main Window........................................................................................................................................ 60
System Menu ........................................................................................................................................... 61
File Menu.................................................................................................................................................. 62
Edit Menu................................................................................................................................................. 63
Copy/UnErase.......................................................................................................................................... 64
View Menu............................................................................................................................................... 66
The Tree Pane and its Tab and Sub‐Tab Menus.................................................................................. 70
The Table Pane and its Tab Bar and View Menu................................................................................ 71
Table Pane Menu..................................................................................................................................... 72
The View Pane and its Tab Bar and View Menu ................................................................................ 73
View Pane Menu ..................................................................................................................................... 74
The Filter Pane and its Tab Bar and View Menu ................................................................................ 75
Filter Pane Menu ..................................................................................................................................... 76
Auto Fit..................................................................................................................................................... 76
Tools Menu............................................................................................................................................... 77
Help Menu ............................................................................................................................................... 78
Toolbar...................................................................................................................................................... 80
Panes ......................................................................................................................................................... 82
Panes in the Analysis Cycle ................................................................................................................... 83
Panes as Separate Windows .................................................................................................................. 84
Pane Features ........................................................................................................................................... 86
Pane Tab Bar and Pane Tab Bar Menu ................................................................................................. 87
Tab Right‐Click Menu ............................................................................................................................ 88
Individual Panes...................................................................................................................................... 88
Tree Pane .................................................................................................................................................. 89
Table Pane ................................................................................................................................................ 91
Sorting a Table ......................................................................................................................................... 92
Filters Pane............................................................................................................................................... 93
Filtering Effects in Table Pane ............................................................................................................... 94
View Pane................................................................................................................................................. 96
Status Line ................................................................................................................................................ 96
Panes and their Specific Tabs ...................................................................................................................... 98
Tree Pane Tabs......................................................................................................................................... 99
Table Pane Tabs ....................................................................................................................................... 99
Table Tab Columns ............................................................................................................................... 102