Logicube Forensic USB/FireWire Cloning Software
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1. Logicube Forensic USB FireWire Cloning Software User s Manual Logicube Inc Chatsworth CA 91311 818 700 8488 Version 1 3 Date 02 22 12 Limitation of Liability and Warranty Information Disclaimer IMPORTANT PLEASE READ THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BY INSTALLING OR USING LOGICUBE PRODUCTS YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT NO EVENT WILL LOGICUBE BE LIABLE WHETHER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT RESULTING FROM THE PERFORMANCE OR USE OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY AMOUNTS REPRESENTING LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OR INACCURACY OF DATA LOSS OR DELAYS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF TIME COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF A PURCHASER OR USER OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS OR ANY THIRD PARTY LOGICUBE S AGGREGATE LIABILITY IN CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE WHETHER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT RESULTING FROM THE PERFORMANCE OR USE OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS OR OTHERWISE TO A PURCHASER OR USER OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID BY THE PURCHASER FOR THE LOGICUBE PRODUCT THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WILL BE EFFECTIVE EVEN IF LOGICUBE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES LOGICUBE MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION OF ITS PRODUCTS HOWEVER THE PURCHASER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THAT THE OUTPUT OF A LOGICUBE PRODUCT MEETS THE PURCHASER S REQUIREMENTS THE PURC2. FireWire is supported only with the Forensic Dossier connection must be made between the computer and the Logicube forensic capture device either before or after the Boot CD application starts The following message will be displayed if the application starts without detecting connection to a Logicube forensic capture device Searching for Logicube Forensic Device Make sure it is connected 3 Onthe Logicube device Talon Enhanced Forensic Dossier Quest or Talon attach a hard drive to the Destination D1 position that is larger than the suspect drive you intend to capture 4 Locate your Logicube device model from the 4 selections below and follow the instructions to set your Logicube device to USB mode Talon Enhanced From the main menu tap Settings gt More gt USB ESATA gt USB gt make sure the Drive is set to D1 then press the START STOP button twice 3 Forensic USB SW User s Manual V1 3 A Forensic Dossier From the main menu tap Settings gt More gt USB 1394 gt USB gt make sure the Drive is set to D1 then press the START STOP button twice A Forensic Quest F QUEST 2 From the main menu tap Settings gt USB gt make sure the Drive is set to D1 then tap the Back icon then tap the Start icon A Forensic Talon Press the SET button Next to Mode press SELECT Scroll down to USB Drive Mode and press SELECT Press the button under ATA then press the button under NO Wait
3. will appear in the middle of the screen Press Enter to select a source drive On the right side of the screen you will see a list of capture modes You can scroll through the selections using the up down arrow keys on your PC s keyboard Press Enter to make your selection Once you have selected the source drive to be captured and selected the method of capture press S to start the data capture A progress bar will appear on the screen NOTE You may cancel or abort the capture at any time by pressing the Esc key Press any key and by answering Y es to return to the main menu Once the capture has been completed a message will pop up indicating the capture session has completed successfully If you have selected a capture method with an MD5 Hash the hash values will appear at the bottom of the screen NOTE Except for DD captures the hash values generated will not be saved if you exit this screen You must record the hash values before exiting Upon completion of the data capture press any key and answer Y es to go back to the main screen To perform a data capture from another source drive install a new destination drive only if the current destination drive is full or your next capture will be performed as Native Repeat steps 8 through 14 to perform a subsequent data capture To exit the Forensic Cloning Software press the Esc key and answer Y es A message will display that indicates You can now remove the CD ROM Some compu
4. MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE REASONABLE TELEPHONE AND EMAIL SUPPORT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE PRODUCT AS DEFINED BY LOGICUBE EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT LOGICUBE PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE AND LOGICUBE DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LIMITATIONS ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION Logicube Technical Support Contact Information 1 By website www logicube com 2 Byemail techsupport logicube com 3 By telephone 1 818 700 8488 ext 3 between the hours of 7am 5pm PST Monday through Friday excluding U S legal holidays 2 Forensic USB SW User s Manual V1 3 Introduction This CD ROM contains everything that you need to clone and manage drives via the USB or FireWire ports of a PC The Forensic USB Firewire Cloning Software works with the following Logicube products e Logicube Talon Enhanced e Logicube Forensic Dossier e Logicube Forensic Quest F QUEST 2 e logicube Forensic Talon T
5. to be formatted with a FAT32 file system partition There is a log generated and saved in the destination drive at the end of the session e DD Image A4G V The Master drive is broken up into 4 GB files and a MD5 hash is computed on every file The destination drive is then read back and an MD5 hash is computed on it and compared with the Master hash This requires the drive to be formatted with a FAT32 file system partition A log file is generated and saved in the destination drive at the end of the session e Compute Source MD5 An MD5 hash is computed on the entire internal PC drive The resulting value is displayed on the screen e Compute Destination MD5 An MD5 hash is computed on the entire destination drive The resulting value is displayed on the screen e Erase Destination A single pass wipe is performed on the destination drive For erase destination the Capture Utility reports Total Drive Sectors Erased Sectors Erase speed in MB Minute Time to Completion and 96 Complete Use the arrow keys on your PC s keyboard to navigate through the various settings of the capture utility Use the Enter key to make selections and the S key to start a process On the left side of the screen you will see a list of up to four available drives Choose the Source drive you wish to capture by scrolling through the selections using the up down arrow keys on your PC s keyboard When your selection is highlighted a brief description of the drive
6. BE DEFECTIVE WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD WILL EITHER BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED USING NEW OR REFURBISHED COMPONENTS AT NO COST THIS WARRANTY IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IF A PRODUCT IS HAS BECOME OBSOLETE OR IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY LOGICUBE THE PRODUCT MAY BE REPLACED WITH AN EQUIVALENT OR SUCCESSOR PRODUCT AT LOGICUBE S DISCRETION THIS WARRANTY EXTENDS ONLY TO THE END PURCHASER OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO AND IS NOT FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESELLERS OR DISTRIBUTORS OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING BY LOGICUBE NO WARRANTY IS PROVIDED TO RESELLERS OR DISTRIBUTORS OF LOGICUBE PRODUCTS Forensic USB SW User s Manual V1 3 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE WARRANTY SERVICES CONTACT LOGICUBE S TECHNICAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENT VIA PHONE OR E MAIL PRODUCTS RETURNED TO LOGICUBE FOR REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY MUST REFERENCE A LOGICUBE RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION NUMBER RMA ANY PRODUCT RECEIVED BY LOGICUBE WITHOUT AN RMA WILL BE REFUSED AND RETURNED TO PURCHASER THE PURCHASER MUST CONTACT LOGICUBE S TECHNICAL SUPPORT DEPARTMENT VIA E MAIL SUPPORT LOGICUBE COM OR VIA PHONE AT 1 818 700 8488 OPT 3 TO OBTAIN A VALID RMA THE PURCHASER MAY BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM CERTAIN DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ON A PRODUCT PRIOR TO LOGICUBE ISSUING AN RMA THE PURCHASER MUST PROVIDE THE PRODUCT MODEL SERIAL NUMBER PURCHASER NAME AND ADDRESS EMAIL ADDRESS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM WITH AS
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8. ery file MD5 Hash values are calculated for each DD image This requires the drive to be formatted with a FAT32 file system partition There is a log generated and saved in the destination drive at the end of the session DD Image 650M V The Master drive is broken up into 650 MB files and a MD5 hash is computed on every file The destination drive is then read back and an MD5 hash is computed on it and compared with the Master hash This requires the drive to be formatted with a FAT32 file system partition A log file is generated and saved in the destination drive at the end of the session DD Image 2G The Master drive is broken up into 2 GB files and a MD5 hash is computed on every file This requires the drive to be formatted with a FAT32 file system partition There is a log generated and saved in the destination drive at the end of the session DD Image 2G V The Master drive is broken up into 2 GB files and a MDS hash is computed on every file The destination drive is then read back and an MD5 hash is computed on it and compared with the Master hash This requires the drive to be Forensic USB SW User s Manual V1 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 formatted with FAT32 file system partition A log file is generated and saved in the destination drive at the end of the session e DD Image 4G The Master drive is broken up into 4 GB files and a MDS hash is computed on every file This requires the drive
9. for the unit to prompt you to attach the USB cable Attach a mini USB cable included with your Logicube device or any mini USB cable between the Logicube device and PC The Capture Utility will detect the connection The PC client software should now detect the presence of the Logicube device you are using The Cloning software interface will then come up and all available functions will now be controlled from the PC client software application NOTE For DD Captures only if the destination drive is not formatted with a FAT32 partition the application will prompt the user and will format the drive accordingly If there is not enough room in the destination drive for a DD file capture the application will exit with an error notifying the user When either device is connected the application will display a menu containing three columns PC Source Drives Partitions and Modes Selectable Capture Modes amp Options Native This is analogous to a mirror copy of the internal drive of the PC to the Destination This mode calculates and displays an MD5 Hash value Native V Capture suspect drive and compute MD5 on the master drive The destination drive is then read back and an MD5 hash is computed on it and compared with the Master hash The Capture Utility will display the Total MD5 Hash value on the screen at the end of the capture session DD Image 650M The Master drive is broken up into 650 MB files and a MD5 hash is computed on ev
10. he PC drive can only be the Source drive USB 1 x 2 0 and FireWire 1394 are supported FireWire is only supported with the Forensic Dossier Typically the user will boot the computer from the provided boot CD The CD is equipped with USB and FireWire drivers along with our drive capturing application Notes With the Talon Enhanced USB cloning only works with one Destination Drive 01 A Forensic Dossier USB FireWire cloning only works with one Source drive cloning to one Destination drive D1 How to set up and use the USB FireWire Cloning Software 1 Follow these instructions to maintain the forensic integrity of the capture With computer power off insert the boot CD into the CD ROM drive or depending on the computers CD ROM drive you may need to insert the CD as far as it will go so it can be pulled in during power up Start the computer and immediately enter the BIOS setup menu This varies by computer but usually requires you to press F12 F1 for IBM or the Delete key for most generic PC s just after startup Make sure that the PC is set to boot from the CD ROM as the first bootable device Allow the PC to continue booting off of the boot CD in the CD ROM drive 2 The Forensic USB Cloning CD ROM is configured to automatically load the necessary drivers and run the client application The user will be presented with a User Interface and a menu to select among the various capture options and settings NOTE A USB or FireWire
11. ot supported e Upon detection of an error the capture will skip the bad sector s and write zeroes to the corresponding sector s on the destination drive e During most operations the capture utility reports Total Drive Sectors Cloned Speed in MB Minute Time to Completion and Complete Technical Support Information For further assistance please contact Logicube Technical Support at 001 818 700 8488 7am 5pm PST M F excluding US legal holidays or by email to techsupport logicube com 6 Forensic USB SW User s Manual V1 3
12. ters will automatically eject the CD at this point Power down the PC as soon as the CD has been removed from the CD ROM drive to maintain the forensic integrity of the capture Do not reboot Forensic USB SW User s Manual V1 3 Cloning a Mac using FireWire and the Cloning Software Follow these instructions to maintain the forensic integrity of a HDD capture from a Mac computer You will need a host PC Non Apple Mac with FireWire support to run the USB FireWire cloning software Ensure that the Mac is turned OFF NOTE The MacBook Air is not supported at this time 1 Install a FireWire cable between the host PC running the cloning software and the Apple computer to be cloned 2 Power up the Mac and wait for the Apple chime and immediately press and hold T to enter FireWire Target Disk Mode 3 Load the cloning software CD onto the non Apple Mac PC by following instructions 1 through 8 on pages 2 4 4 With FireWire Target Disk Mode already established the User Interface on the host PC will display the Mac s hard drive in the list of available drives 5 Continue following steps 9 through 15 on pages 3 and 4 Additional Notes e Capture speed depends wholly on the USB and FireWire hardware and the processor speed of the PC Expected capture speeds are up to 1 4GB min with verify and up to 1 8GB min without verify Your capture speeds may vary 400 200 100 speed FireWire ports are supported 800 Mbps FireWire is n
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