Forensic Computer Targets Digital Crime

coondoggie writes "A European consortium has come up with a high-speed digital forensic computer dedicated to the task of quickly offloading and analyzing computer records. The TreCorder is a rugged forensic PC able to copy or clone up to three hard disks simultaneously, at a speed of up to 2 Gb/min., far faster than alternative equipment. The PC not only provides a complete mirror image of the hard disk and system memory — including deleted and reformatted data — but also eliminates any possibility of falsification in the process, meaning that the evidence it collects will stand up in court."

Comments

240 volts to usb/firewire ports

[timmarhy]

This makes me want to disconnect my usb/firewire cables and solder a 240 volt feed to them.

lets see their nifty device copy shit then.

Re:how good is it?

[compro01]

well, as someone said in a previous discussion:

The only way to truely protect your data is to grind up your hard drive into powder, magnetize it all, then heat it into a liquid. Cool and grind it up again, scatter it into the wind, and just HOPE entropy does the rest.

Re:how good is it?

[PopeRatzo]

If you're not doing anything wrong, or using your computer to write or view anything wrong, or thinking anything wrong, or doing, writing, viewing or thinking anything that someone might construe to be wrong... ...then you have nothing to worry about.

Re:how good is it?

[Anonymous Coward]

What about a 100 Tons Hydraulic Shop Press? If you compress it a few time along the main axises, you should be able to do a good job of bending the HD casing and the platter together into a mess.

BTW 20T cost ~ $455 and a 100T press cost $6,250.00.

http://www.amazon.com/100-Capacity-Hydraulic-Shop- Press/dp/B000I1ZU2Y