Tape Forensic Analysis Software - MM/PC
Before our award winning tape forensic analysis software, MediaMerge/PC, the examiner would have to try and find a software driver for the tape drive, try and determine what the backup software was and then guess the right version. They would then have to see if they could obtain that software, install it and then figure out how to use it. To do so was a long, tedious process that could significantly delay the results.
MM/PC changes all this by allowing the user to read a tape in any format and also look at any part of the tape in an unprocessed mode. Using Adaptec's ASPI I/O layer the need for drivers is totally negated, meaning that 25 year old SCSI tape drives can be attached to a PC without any difficulties.
The program is extremely simple to use, and no knowledge of how the original backup or interchange program is required in order to restore the files.
Because MediaMerge/PC can also read the raw data on occasions where the tape has become corrupted, it may still be possible to view or recover information on the tape that the original backup program would report as a 'terminal' error on.
MM/PC and other eMag tools are often used by investigation agencies to obtain relevant data files for subsequent analysis.
MediaMerge/PC is awarded High-Tech Crime Network's New Millennium Award
Brief features of MediaMerge/PC
- Reads tapes with any logical tape format
- Can read/view any block on the tape
- Retains original filenames and often original date
- Handles all types of tape
- Hundreds of logical tape formats converted
- All SCSI tape drives handled (e.g. Exabyte, DAT, LTO, 3480 etc)
- Works on 95/98/NT4.0/Windows 2000
- Full customer support
- Free fully functional demo package can be downloaded