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(@tablades)
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I am just getting into forensic investigation, and we are on a tight budget, I found DataLifter forensic software and I would like opinions on this and/or recomendations of other software we may look at. I have been through the encase training, however, at this stage we do not have the resources to purchase the software. We are looking for something good as well as cost effective.

Thanks

Tablades

 
Posted : 13/06/2005 6:54 pm
keydet89
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It might be helpful if you could tell us what your requirements are.

For example, I would suggest ProDiscover from TechPathways, if you're using predominantly Windows and Linux systems.

However, if you need greater capabilities than what PD offers, you might consider something like Autopsy or The Coroner's Toolkit.

Without knowing your reqirements, though (ie, os's you'll be imaging, os you want to do the analysis on, etc.), we're just going to round and round…

H. Carvey
"Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery"
http://www.windows-ir.com
http://windowsir.blogspot.com

 
Posted : 13/06/2005 7:54 pm
 Andy
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X-ways Forensic is another fairly low cost alternative to the mainstream COTS tools.

Andy

 
Posted : 13/06/2005 10:40 pm
matt3x166
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Quick question, are you a police officer or do you do exams for a state or local government agency? If so, I have some information to help you get some training and software for free.

Matt

 
Posted : 14/06/2005 7:51 am
(@tablades)
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We will be using it on Windows based PC's and examining windows based PC's as well. We work for a large corporation and we will be using it to make forensically sound images as well as investigate the content of employees/ex-employees that are involved in certain types of investigations or are using Company equipment for illegal/unauthorized acts. Thanks!

 
Posted : 14/06/2005 11:57 am
(@terrinoni)
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Quick question, are you a police officer or do you do exams for a state or local government agency? If so, I have some information to help you get some training and software for free.

Matt

Matt, I'm working on contractual agreements with several local municipal / county police agencies to do criminal computer examinations, and wouldn't mind looking into whatever resources you may have access to. There's no such thing as having too many tools…

 
Posted : 06/03/2008 4:32 am
(@ctaylor)
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I can't speak for the use of the product, but we recently purchased the Datalifter suite ourselves. The money was sent in at the end of December, and I hadn't seen hide nor hair of the software by early February. I called support and left a message. I received a phone call back later that evening stating that our order had been mixed up with another police department, and that the software would be forthcoming. I received it a few days later.

I emailed support after it was installed, as when I ran FEPRO from my machine's hard drive, I didn't have a valid license, even though I had copied the one off the dongle. I did get a response back via email within a day, and explained to me that I had to register FEPRO for that computer, and to send an email. I did this last Tuesday.

Shortly thereafter, due to an unfortunate dongle accident in which the dongle they sent was bent (I don't think it's a software dongle, per se, but a USB drive with the software and a license on it), I again emailed support on whether the dongle was actually needed.

That was one week ago, with no response from email. I called support today and got a voice mail…I'm hoping they'll return my call.

In my opinion only, the instructions for installation aren't very clear as far as File Extractor Pro went, and my opinion of their support is mixed. I'm hoping that I didn't waste money on the product, as it does look fairly capable based on what little I've played with it.

As always, your mileage may vary.

Chris

 
Posted : 12/03/2008 12:10 am
(@mrpeabody)
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So I'm resurrecting a dead thread to see if anyone knows if DataLifter still exists, and if it's worth a newbie seeking out? I've looked all over the web for its site, and can't find one. I've seen 3rd party sites that have it as downloadable shareware or freeware, in various versions. I can't find anything that says it's been repackaged or rebranded or still supported.

Anyone know what the deal is with this? Or if there is another carving tool I should go with instead? The immediate purpose at this point is for classwork and cert exams on a Win XP machine.

Thanks in advance!

 
Posted : 06/06/2014 10:06 pm
jaclaz
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The homepage seems like "dead" since 2009
https://web.archive.org/web/20120702024653/http//datalifter.com/

What is the actual *need* or *source* that pointed you towards Datalifter?

As suggested before in this thread X-Ways is an excellent tool (and all in all affordable)
http//www.x-ways.net/winhex/comparison.html
as it offers a number of options and, depending on your needs, a "more limited" version might do (in case supplemented by a few Freeware/Open Source tools).

jaclaz

 
Posted : 06/06/2014 10:25 pm
(@mrpeabody)
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The CCE cert page still lists DataLifter as recommended software for their exam.

http//isfce.com/software.htm

 
Posted : 06/06/2014 10:46 pm
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