Summary
In this chapter, we learned about Wine and some great advantages of using the software for our DFIR purposes. We also learned how to install the latest stable version of Wine via the Terminal in Kali Linux, which allows us to run Windows applications in our Kali Linux system, along with the Microsoft .NET Framework, which is required by Windows to run programs and applications. We also looked at how to choose between Windows operating systems that Wine mimics, as some programs may only run on newer versions of Windows. Finally, we tested our Wine installation by downloading the Recuva file-recovery tool, which was built specifically for Windows, and then installed Recuva on our Kali system.
Before we continue any further on our exciting journey with Recuva, we’ll next look at some fundamental knowledge on understanding file systems, which will cover the basics and background knowledge required for file recovery. See you in the next chapter!