What problem does it solve?
Analyze disk images and file systems for forensic investigations. This skill helps investigators uncover artifacts, recover deleted data, and build a comprehensive storage-media timeline during incident response.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Disk Image Acquisition: Create forensically sound disk images with integrity verification.
- File System Analysis: Parse and analyze NTFS, FAT, EXT, HFS+, APFS file systems.
- Deleted File Recovery: Recover deleted files using carving and file system metadata.
- MFT Analysis: Inspect NTFS Master File Table for file metadata and timestamps.
- Slack Space Analysis: Examine slack space for hidden or residual data.
- Alternate Data Streams: Detect and extract NTFS ADS content.
- File Signature Analysis: Verify file signatures and detect mismatched extensions.
- Volume Shadow Copy Analysis: Analyze Windows VSS for previous file versions.
- Partition Analysis: Detect hidden partitions and analyze partition tables.
- Hash Analysis: Compute and verify file hashes and check against known databases.
Quick Start
Use the disk-forensics skill to initialize a DiskAnalyzer with a disk image path, list volumes, recover deleted files, analyze MFT entries, and export reports.