DC3DD (by Jesse Kornblum) is a patched version of the classic GNU dd utility with some computer forensics features. For example, the fly hashing with a number of algorithms, such as MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512, showing the progress of the acquisition process, and so on.
Drive acquisition in RAW format with dc3dd
Getting ready
You can find a compiled standalone version of DC3DD for Windows at SourceForge. Just download the ZIP or 7z archive, unpack it, and you are ready to go.
How to do it...
The steps for drive acquisition in RAW format using dc3dd are as follows...