| Basics |
10-Step Hex Editing Course (currently
broken - HTML,
requires Sun's Java 2 RE plug-in)
What is a Megabyte? (HTML)
Little Endian vs. Big Endian
(HTML) |
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| Character Sets |
ASCII Character Set (HTML)
ASCII ISO 8859 1 (HTML)
UTF-8
and Unicode (HTML)
ASCII and Unicode (HTML, ZIP) |
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| Hashes, checksums & digests |
Digest Algorithms (strong one-way
hash functions) (PS)
MD5 (HTML)
The CRC Mystery (HTML)
Painless Guide To CRC
Error Detection Algorithms (HTML)
Hash Algorithms
(HTML)
SHA-1 (HTML)
Sorting hash databases with
the DOS sort command (TXT)
Sorting hash databases with
MS Access (TXT) |
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| Cryptography |
Learning Cryptography (HTML)
Glossary (HTML)
Introduction to Cryptography
(HTML)
PC1 Encryption Algorithm (Sources)
(HTML) |
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| Compression |
zlib Homepage (HTML)
zlib: Technical Details (HTML) |
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File Systems, Hard Disks,
Partitioning etc. |
Disk
Concepts and Troubleshooting (HTML)
Structure of a FAT16-formatted Hard
Disk (HTML)
FAT File System I (HTML)
FAT File System II (TXT)
FAT32 File
System (HTML)
File Systems
HowTo (HTML)
Recovering
NTFS boot sector on NTFS partitions (HTML)
Tutorial on Hard Disk
Partitioning (HTML)
Partition Types
(HTML)
Computer Boot Sequence (HTML, big)
SmartMedia Card Format (PDF) |
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Disk Cloning and Imaging,
Partition Backup |
Microsoft
System Preparation Tool (HTML)
Microsoft
System Preparation Tool (currently broken - HTML, Download)
Disk
Imaging/System Preparation Tool White Paper (currently broken - DOC, in self-extracting ZIP)
Making Partition Backups With WinHex (HTML, here in German)
How to Make a Bootable CD
(currently broken - PDF) (El Torito specifications
- currently broken) |
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| Data Recovery/Data Erasure |
Data recovery services offered by
X-Ways (HTML)
Data recovery services around the
world (HTML)
Remembrance of Data Passed:
A Study of Disk Sanitization Practices (HTML)
Secure Deletion of Data from
Magnetic and Solid-State Memory (currently broken - HTML)
EFS (encrypted file system)
recovery (HTML) |
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| Machine Code |
Intel x86 Commands (TXT)
Opcodes (HLP)
Assembly Programming (HTML) |
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| Intel Architecture Software
Developer's Manual |
Volume 1: Basic
Architecture (PDF)
Volume 2:
Instruction Set Reference (PDF)
Volume 3: System
Programming Guide (PDF)
On-line Intel
documentation (HTML) |
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| Floating-Point Numbers |
IEEE
Standard 754 (currently broken - HTML) |
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| Virtual Memory |
Win32
Memory Management (DOC in ZIP) |
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| File Formats |
BMP (TXT)
DBX (HTML)
GIF87 (TXT)
GIF89a (TXT)
HLP (TXT)
Intel Hex (TXT)
Java
Class (HTML)
JPG (PDF)
Motorola S1 (TXT)
Motorola S2 (TXT)
Motorola S3 (TXT) |
MS Excel (HTML)
NE EXE (TXT)
PE EXE (PDF)
PE EXE (TXT)
RIFF/WAVE (TXT)
RLE (TXT)
WAVE & AIFF (HTML)
WAVE (DOC)
ZIP (TXT)
much
more...
and even more... (HTML) |
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Computer Forensics Books
demonstrating WinHex |
Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations, Second Edition, by
Amelia Philips, Bill Nelson, Frank Endinger, et al.
Computer
and Intrusion Forensics by George Mohay, Alison Anderson, Byron Collie, et al.
Computer
Forensics: Computer Crime Scene
Investigation by John R. Vacca
Security Warrior by Cyrus Peikari
et al. |
