Patent ID: 9098730
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for collecting electronically stored information of one or more source files including available deleted files stored on an internal persistent storage device in a target computer, the method comprising the steps of: connecting an external persistent memory storage device to a target computer having an internal persistent storage device for storing an image of one or more source files including available deleted files; loading a software application tool resident on the external persistent memory storage device into the memory of a target computer, said software application tool including instructions for causing said target computer to copy said one or more source files and available deleted files stored on said internal persistent storage device in target computer and create an image of said one or more source files and deleted files on said external persistent memory storage device defining one or more image files, wherein said image is created without changing any data or associated meta data stored on the source file; verifying that said image file is an exact copy of said one or more source files and available deleted files by way of said software application tool comprising the steps; after said image file is stored on said external persistent memory storage device, disconnecting said external persistent memory storage device from said target computer; securing said external persistent memory storage device with said image file from said target computer stored thereon in a sealable secure container for receiving the external persistent memory storage device, configured to protect the external persistent memory storage device from electrostatic discharge and to indicate if the container has been tampered with after it has been sealed.