RE: How to DD NTFS?

From: Golomb, Gary (GGolombat_private)
Date: Thu Jan 02 2003 - 05:53:17 PST

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    > 1. From Linux, I am unable to mount the NTFS partitions, so how do I
    > know which /dev/hda* is NTFS etc..
    
    A quick way, if you're on a trusted system, is to "fdisk -l /dev/hda."
    
    > 2. If I make a guess and dd /dev/hda4 (which happens to NTFS), how to
    > mount later? As Linux does not recognise NTFS
    
    Many free utilities (such as @stake's TASK
    http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/task/, etc...) can mount and
    examine NTFS partitions. It's included in the F.I.R.E./Biatchux
    distribution (along with a ton of other useful utilities -
    http://biatchux.dmzs.com/?section=main.)
    
    > 3. Any suggestions how to dd NTFS when the system does not have Linux
    > installed, nor do you want to install Linux (or any UNIX for that
    > matter)
    
    http://users.erols.com/gmgarner/forensics/ has some excellent utilities
    for this including a modified dd for win32 and netcat (both include
    md5suming) for writing the image to a trusted system. (Ie: "dd.exe
    if=\\.\PhysicalDrive0 | 10.10.10.10 6969") This version of dd allows you
    to easily image the system's memory contents as well. Just remember not
    to use the cmd.exe on the compromised system for running these tools. 
    
    Hth!
    
    -gary
    
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