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They Thought They Permanently Deleted Files From Their Computer

Before writing this blog, I did some research on what computer users perceive when they delete a file from their computer. Instructions on how to delete. When you delete a file, it's usually moved to the Recycle Bin so that you can restore the file later if necessary. For information about recovering a file, see Recover files from the Recycle Bin. To permanently remove files from your computer and reclaim any hard disk space they were using, you need to delete the files from the Recycle Bin. You can delete individual files from the Recycle Bin or empty the entire Recycle Bin at once. Open the Recycle Bin by double-clicking the Recycle Binon the desktop. Do one of the following: To permanently delete one file, click it, [...]

Investments aren’t always Investments

We have all thought “What would have happened….if”, and never gave it a second thought. But in our business, we never wonder “what would have happened” we think “what did happen”. We had a Client whose best friend recommended an unusual investment opportunity to her. She had dabbled in gold dust outside of the US, specifically in Africa with a small Investment Company out of California and had some pretty good returns. She had been bragging about getting a 35% return on her initial investment of $20,000 and then a 20% return on her second investment as well. When she received her second check, she was asked if she knew anybody who would be interested in turning their dollars into gold, and of course she [...]

Insurance Beneficiaries and Forensics Data Recovery

Insurance Companies and Law Firms deal with very controversial subject matters. And usually when we are asked to conduct an Investigation for an Insurance Company, we can be assured there is an attorney on the other side. We were contacted by a Major Insurance Company regarding an apparent suicide, the coroner and the police department both stated the insured committed suicide, but yet the family couldn’t believe he would take his own life. There was just too much, they felt, he had to live for. There was no suicide note, no indication that he was depressed and he was supposed to announce his engagement in less than a week. He and his girlfriend had recently returned from a Caribbean vacation and become engaged during the [...]

Computer forensics with Inc.

Ever accidently delete a file on your computer only to try in vain to recover it. Usually, a simple search in the recycle bin will allow you to recover the file. However, if you permanently deleted the file (such as using the command Ctrl+Shift+Delete) then you won’t have much luck using the recycle bin. There are available software that the home user can install that will provide a chance to recover the file but what if you don’t feel comfortable using such software or worse, the software did not yield the results you were hoping for? This is where the professionals come in. has been in the game for years and employs its own forensics lab for both cellular and computer forensics investigations. The main [...]