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DLC Kit
This is what a Distance Learning Kit looks like. Distance education - Wikipedia...
Things are getting back to normal
Finally things are getting back to normal. But now we are back in a shutdown again. When things get back we will start teaching classes in person again. ...
Software Tools and Utilities
There are several software tools that I want to mention that you might find useful! 010 Editor and Beyond Compare. 010 Editor instead of Winhex or X-Ways (which only runs on window...
Data Recovery: Can you live doing recovery on SSD alone?
Do you actually think you will be able to survive doing data recovery with only SSD?Its a hard question to ask you guys and some people don't like answering this.Let me explain why...
New Four Set Volume Books Published Limited Run
This was a limited run and it has already been retired. At this point it is only sold directly with the Distance Learning Class or the Seated Class.There is a new set of four volum...
Please follow my Facebook and Twitter for updates
Most of the current updates I do on Facebook and Twitter.https://twitter.com/scottamoultonhttps://www.facebook.com/scott.moulton ...
My Hard Drive Died #27 Podcast
My Hard Drive Died's new podcast on Forensics and Data Recovery and Hard Drives. http://podnutz.com/mhdd027 This podcast includes content about: T862++ Infrared Rework Station, Ra...
My Hard Drive Died #25 - NSA
New MyHardDriveDied Podcast!http://podnutz.com/mhdd025Hard Drives, Data Recovery, Forensics & MoreHosted by:-Jeff HalashfromTechNutPC.com-Scott Moultonfrom MyHardDriveDied.comT...
Moterboards for Deepspar cards
Attached is the photo from my case of Deepspar motherboard. I love some of the old motherboards that have GForce Bridge Chipsets so the MSI is my favorite to use because it has eve...
Selvedge Motorcycle Jeans
Selvedge Motorcycle Jeans: A better look.by Scott A. MoultonI love the smell of selvage in the morning. A new crisp pair of selvage denim jeans has an intoxicating smell. When you ...
MHDD Podcast #22
http://podnutz.com/mhdd022My Hard Drive Died #22 – To Raid or Not to Raid?FTK Imager3 ware SAS ControllerDd RescueReclaiMe- Free Raid RecoveryR-Studio_Hard Drive RecoveryViceVersa ...
Drive Videos
If you watch these three videos you will learn a lot about drives.This one is the best.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_PyKuI7II One here by Toshibahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Hard Drive Recovery Triage
Hard Drive Recovery TriageTO be taught at SkyDogCON in Oct 2013.http://www.skydogcon.com/SDC3/courses/hard-drive-recovery-triage/?lang=en# Course DescriptionOften our skills in com...
MHDD Podcast #19
Download or Play the MP3 click => mhdd019.mp3Episode #19 on Podnutz:= http://www.podnutz.com/mhdd019 We talk about Demetri mhdd32 4.6 atola Scott has a bunch of upcoming classe...
Special Thanks to Simon Feay from Aceon Data Recovery
Whenever I do a data recovery course, there are many times that other people help out with the class. Many will help the students with rebuilding hard drives, assisting with issues...
MHDD Podcast #16 is Published
My newest edition of the MHDD Podcast with Podnutz is PUBLISHED: http://www.podnutz.com/mhdd016 My Hard Drive Died #16 - Catching Up With Scott Hosted by Steve Cherubino and...
Representation @ CeBIT in Sydney Australia
My Hard Drive Died will be REPRESENTED @ CeBIT in Sydney Australia on the 22 -24 May. PLEASE VISIT US AT STAND NO. V02 TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR Forensic DATA RECOVERY 5-Day Boot...
RangeFinder Podcast on Photography on ExFat and SDXC Cards
Interview with Scott A. Moulton - Deep dive into the world of SD storage: RangeFinder Podcast on Photography on ExFat and SDXC CardsYou will find this discussion about the SD card...
My BYOB Podcast on new technology on SSD Drives
MHDD - My Newest Podcast on new technology and happenings with Solid State Drives for 2012 on the BYOB Podcast http://bit.ly/xvPjOG...
Flash Poised to Fail
I have given many speeches on how Flash Drives and the Future is going to be a failure. Here is some research done by Laura M. Grupp†, John D. Davis‡, Steven Swanson† †Department o...
Current 2012 Schedule for Classes and Conferences
My current 2012 schedule for classes and for conferences. These are a little bit tenetive so be sure to contact me ahead of time to be sure of the dates or watch this post for chan...
BYOB 2 Hour Podcast on How Hard Drives Work!!
Data Recovery, Encryption, and Hard Drives. Tonight we have the pleasure of being joined by Scott Moulton owner/founder of myharddrivedied.com. We had a blast and learned an incre...
Cell Phone Providers Retention Periods
Doing forensics, a common question when Lawyers/Clients are requesting subpoena for court cases, divorce, etc. is how long each Cell Provider company retains cell phone records and...
I am speaking at SkyDogCon in Nashville on Nov 5th on Forensics
On Nov 5th, I'm speaking at SkyDogCon in Nashville on the topic of Criminal Forensics "Tracking your Shared SHA Hashes on the Internet" Speaker Info: Known for his trademark 'Fore...
A Review of my Forensic Data Recovery Course
A review of my Forensic Data Recovery Course on Forensic Focus reposted: http://forensicfocus.blogspot.com/2011/05/scott-moultons-5-day-data-reco......
I am presenting at Hacker Halted 2011 in Miami Florida
I am presenting at Hacker Halted 2011 in Miami Florida on Oct 21st-27th - If you want to attend here is the info: http://www.hackerhalted.com/2011/Conference/TopicAbstract.aspx#Sol...
My upcoming speech at SECTOR in Canada, details if you want to attend
Oct 17th-19th I will be speaking at SECTOR Conference in Canada - Here are the details if you want to attend! http://sector.ca/sessions.htm#Scott%20Moulton...
HTCIA Interview and Podcast with Ira from CyberJungle
My Interview with Ira from CyberJungle and a Podcast listed in the notes.http://computer-forensics.sans.org/blog/2011/09/23/high-tech-crime-inves......
The Design of OS/2 - An Awesome Book from the Past!
What an AWESOME BOOK! I just went back and pulled an old book off my bookshelf and reread it. It was “The Design of OS/2” by HM Deitel and MS Kogan. This book was published in 199...
My Interview by HTCIA for Upcoming Solid State Speech
http://htcia.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/learning-about-solid-state-drives-2-perspectives-2/In Indian Wells come September, our Cyber Investigations/Forensics lecture track will featu...
SecuraBit Episode 84: Tech Talk with Scott Moulton
SecuraBit Episode 84: Tech Talk with Scott MoultonSecuraBit Episode 84: Tech Talk with Scott Moulton June 15, 2011Hosts: Anthony Gartner – @anthonygartner http://anthonygart...
Forensic Focus: Review MyHardDriveDied's Forensic Data Recovery Course
http://www.forensicfocus.com/scott-moulton-data-recovery-review-200511Scott Moulton’s “5-Day Data Recovery Expert Certification” Coursereviewed by by Karlo Arozquetahttp://www.myha...
Researcher to Discuss Forensic Complications Posed by Apple’s Migration to SSDs at TakeDownCon Dallas
Researcher to Discuss Forensic Complications Posed by Apple’s Migration to SSDs at TakeDownCon Dallashttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/5/prweb8399928.htmDallas, TX (PRWEB) May XX,...
Mac Users: Typical Mac User Podcast
Mac Users: I was interviewed by Typical Mac User Podcast and they wanted to talk about Forensics and how Drives work. http://bit.ly/dMETRA...
An Interview about the Hard Drive from the Brazilian Shooter's Hard Drive
In Brazil with the class room shooting, I was interviewed by a portuguese reporter about recovering drive burned by the shooter trying to destroy his research on the hard drive. Wa...
My Hard Drive Died Podcast #15 - More Info On SSD
My Hard Drive Died Podcast #15 - More Info on Solid State Drives, Reader Emails and Problems with Current Drives - Fielding QuestionsSubscribe with iTunes: iTunes Podcastor http://...
SSD Hard Drives Interview with CyberSpeak Forensics with Ovie Carroll
My Podcast/Interview with Ovie Carroll from CyberSpeak on Forensics and SSD drives: http://goo.gl/MBwdZ...
SSD: Solid State Drives and How they work! Book/PDF!
SOLID STATE DRIVES AND HOW THEY WORK BOOK!I have published TWO NEW Book/PDFs. The first is all my research and graphics with text content and notes on SSD (Solid State Drives).This...
Advanced Data Recovery Research and Whitepaper Book
NEW! I have published a Book/PDF version of my famous Advanced Data Recovery Research and Whitepapers and the Hard Drive Data Recovery Diagnostics FLOWCHART in a new format. This b...
ISDPodcast - Episode 332 – Drive Forensics & Secure Wipe with Scott Moulton
My newest Podcast = Episode 332 - ISDPodcast – Drive Forensics & Secure Wipe with Scott Moulton -Conversation with Scott Moulton: Drive forensics and securely wiping various di...
Can Defragging give you an 800% Improvement?
A friend of mine, Sean Hunt, sent me an email about testing he did on defragmention using Disktrix Ultimate Defrag. I asked his permission to post it for your reading enjoyment. He...
Video Podcast on Spindle and Platter Bearing Replacement for My Hard Drive Died #14
This is the Video Podcast for My Hard Drive Died episode #14 with Podnutz on Spindle and Bearing Replacement.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8spdxpqdH7I...
New Shmoocon 2011 Videos and Slides - Spindle and Bearing Replacement
New Shmoocon 2011 Videos and Slides - Spindle and Bearing ReplacementThe Shmoocon 2011 Slides and Animations: After you download the 65meg file, Unzip and Open .HTM & it will r...
Episode 308 – Attorney/Client Privilege, Verizon, SET, Leaks Everywhere & P2P
My Visit to InfoSec Daily Podcast: Episode 308 – Attorney/Client Privilege, Verizon, SET, Leaks Everywhere & P2P...
My Visits to the Infosec Daily Podcasts - iTunes Subscriptions
iTunes Subscriptions to the Infosec Daily Podcast that I visit about once a month: http://bit.ly/6aDggv...
Hard Drive Diagnostic Flowchart
Data Recovery Flowchart: A sample of my thought process on diagnostics for hard drives.Download Here: < Diagnostic Flowchart >...
Defragging the content inside the MFT!
Today I saw something I thought looked very interesting. Since I do data recovery and forensics and often look at and mess with the MFT. In the past there have been several ways to...
Platter Extraction Tools
There looks to be another way of possibly platter removal for motor damage. This is useful for drives that have platters with spacers we have all had some problems with. I have hea...
DeepSpar Disk Imager 3: Available NOW!
We’ve just released DeepSpar Disk Imager 3, and this latest version brings you many improvements. A major advantage is the ability to image specific directories and files on NTFS p...
HAMR - Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording
Its back! Seagate is working on this again. Seagate has posted the job that they are looking for engineers to work on this.Laser Hard Drives – You know you love it….I had previousl...
My class … A post!
@scottamoulton I referenced you in the most recent blog post. http://bit.ly/dle0N2 - go to about middle to see a post about my class!...
Michigan to require CISSP for Computer Forensic Private Investigator License!
Posted and written for SANS Forensics BLOG:http://sansforensics.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/michigan-requires-cissp-for-private-investigators-license/I am pleased to have Scott Moulto...
Why Spinrite is not on my Data Recovery Software List.
Spinrite is not data recovery software.I get many questions about why I left off Spinrite on my recommendations of recovery software. I specifically leave off Spinrite because unde...
Vista Problems doing Data Recovery
Round One Testing Vista for Data Recoveries:I am testing Vista with some of my recoveries and I have found some major problems mounting and using big hard drives in Vista. For e...
Simplified: How Raid Arrays Work!
A server enables businesses to share hard drives and resources, and makes central backup a breeze. But having a server without the right equipment will NOT keep your data safe when...
Google Whitepaper on Disk Failures
http://labs.google.com/papers/disk_failures.pdfWell after reading the Google study, I have to question the containment of the drives or the way temperature was measured. I have to ...
A One Touch can Save Your Life and Business!
Most small businesses start out using a single computer or a laptop as their main computer. Many business owners in their first 2 years do not backup at all. They start backing up ...
Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
Imagine all your data gone as of right this second! That’s what a hard drive crash feels like. Could your business survive it? Will you lose customers when they find out how you fa...