Hi Peter, One last note about CD burners. I can not believe I forgot but if you are thinking of buying a laptop just for this you might want to consider an apple. I am not a total apple advocate or anything like that at my present job I work with apples alot and they work for what we do (multimedia) but they do burn stuff well and as Joliet and from an ISO image so it might be what you need. This would make the smallest burner possible as it is in built into the laptop. -Daniel From the apple site http://www.apple.com/ibook/ You can choose an iBook with a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-ROM drive for watching DVD movies, a CD-RW drive to create your own music CDs or a Combo drive which combines the capabilities of CD-RW and DVD playback. The iBook with CD-ROM drive ships with 64MB of SDRAM, and the iBook with DVD-ROM, CD-RW and Combo drives ships with 128MB. All models are expandable, so you can add up to 512MB of RAM. >-----Original Message----- >From: Jupp, Peter [mailto:JuppPat_private] >Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 10:10 AM >To: forensicsat_private >Subject: Forensics Lab Equipment Questions > > >Greetings All, > >Does anyone know a good supplier for a bench-mounted variable power supply? > >Secondly, has anyone found a universal solution for getting power to a >laptop computer with no power supply? We are often asked by other >investigators if we can determine the owner of recovered stolen laptops. Of >course, the battery has always fully discharged and there is no power supply >(disposable computing for thieves). There are so many of these coming in >with no real evidenciary value (we're just looking to get them back to their >rightful owners) that we don't do a proper forensic analysis, usually within >30 seconds after booting it up we can find enough clues to determine who >used to own it. The problem is that we often don't have a compatible power >supply. If there exists some kind of universal option, I haven't found it >yet...but I'd be very interested to know how others cope with the same >problem. Our collection of power supplies is slowly growing, but not fast >enough. > >Thirdly, does anyone use an external CDRW drive (not for using with the >forensic box, just for our laptops)? Any recommendations? We were using an >older HP, it sure makes a lot of coasters. > >Finally, since we're on the subject of equipment, I have the enviable task >of building a couple of forensic workstations. I have so far compiled the >following list of components. If anyone has any comments on compatibility >issues, or has had a particularly bad experience with anything on this list >I'd appreciate knowing about it before I submit my wishlist. > >Case -- Antec SX1040B >Motherboard -- ASUS P4T Intel 850 Pentium 4 >Processor -- Pentium 4 1.5GB (comes with 128MB RDRAM) >Memory -- Extra two 64MB RIMMS for a total of 256MB >Storage -- Quantum Fireball AS 20.5GB >Storage -- Plextor 16X10X40 >Video Card -- GeForce2 MX-400 32MB >SCSI Card -- Adaptec 2940 >Audio Card -- SB Live Value >DVD Drive -- ??? (Any recommendations appreciated) > >Thanks in advance, > > > > Det. Peter Jupp > > High Tech Crime Unit > > Ottawa Police Service > > CANADA > > (613)236-1222 ext.2234 > > *E*jupppat_private > > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. >For more information on this free incident handling, management >and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. >For more information on this free incident handling, management >and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. >For more information on this free incident handling, management >and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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