A forensics investigator is searching the hard drive of a computer for files that were recently moved to the Recycle Bin. He searches for files in C:\RECYCLED using a command line tool but does not find anything. What is the reason for this?
A forensics investigator is searching the hard drive of a computer for files that were recently moved to the Recycle Bin. He searches for files in C:\RECYCLED using a command line tool but does not find anything. What is the reason for this?
The reason the forensics investigator did not find anything in C:\RECYCLED is because the files are hidden and he must use a switch to view them. On modern Windows systems, files in the Recycle Bin are often hidden and require specific commands or settings to be made visible. By using the appropriate command line switches or adjusting the file explorer settings to show hidden files, the investigator would be able to locate the files in the Recycle Bin.
A. He should search in C:\Windows\System32\RECYCLED folder --> wrong, the correct directory would be C:\RECYCLED B. The Recycle Bin does not exist on the hard drive --> also wrong. Recycle Bin is a service that exist is all windows based system and cannot be deleted D. Only FAT system contains RECYCLED folder and not NTFS --> both NTFS and FAT can contains RECYCLED. The difference is windows vista and above have changed its name to \$Recycle.Bin C. The files are hidden and he must use switch to view them --> best answer, although this could be wrong too
reason the forensics investigator did not find anything in the C:\RECYCLED folder is that the Recycle Bin is not directly accessible through that path. Instead, the Recycle Bin is typically located in the C:\$Recycle.Bin directory on NTFS volumes. So, the correct answer is D. Only FAT system contains RECYCLED folder and not NTFS.