hi everybody,
i just came across a small utility called phone image carver from getdata wich retrive all sorts of filetype from a raw image.
just tried it on a raw of an iphone, very interesting.
You can download a free version wich has limitation on saving files, but at least it gives you an overview.
I would like to have comments from experts here, see if it s worth keeping in in the tool box
best regards
herve  

Personally I favour Blade and Scalpel.

www.digitalforensicsso...m/Scalpel/
Scalpel is free, run in the command line, lightweight and very customisable!

www.bladeforensics.com/
More automated and has a nice GUI, also its customisable!  

thxx doug, didn t knew the blade software, i gonna give it a try.
you said you prefer scalpel, what made you choose this one, compare to testdisk or foremost ?
best regards
herve  

The new version of scalpel (2.0) has had big improvements (multi-thread support, regex file definitions).

If you want a GUI based carving tool, I don't think Blade can be touched, and from their recent press release they've been working hard to add a load of new features.  

- nocomp

thxx doug, didn t knew the blade software, i gonna give it a try.
you said you prefer scalpel, what made you choose this one, compare to testdisk or foremost ?
best regards
herve

my understanding is that scalpel was based off foremost  

PIC is an awsome tool but there are others, for more advanced users, try the Adroit software from Polytech NYU research department; file juicer; R-Studio; C4P - C4M; Enscripts in Encase; Physical tools found in Cellebrite Physical ANlayzer and XRY Complete.....just some ideas for you to run iwth....  

Just did a BlackBerry with FTK Imager and carved .e01 with Adroit - very good success rates. PhotRec is another good (and free) tool for carving.
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