|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | ==File Locations==
| + | The '''New Technology File System''' ('''NTFS''') is a [[file system]] developed and introduced by [[Microsoft]] in 1993 with [[Windows]] 3.1. As a replacement for the [[FAT]] file system, it quickly became the standard for [[Windows 2000]], [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Server 2003]]. |
| − | The Windows Registry is stored in multiple files. | + | |
| | | | |
| − | ===Windows NT 4 ===
| + | The features of NTFS include: |
| − | In Windows NT 4 (and later) the Registry is stored in the [[Windows NT Registry File (REGF)]] format.
| + | |
| | | | |
| − | Basically the following Registry hives are stored in the corresponding files:
| + | * [[Hard-links]] |
| − | * HKEY_USERS: \Documents and Setting\User Profile\NTUSER.DAT | + | * Improved performance, reliability and disk space utilization |
| − | * HKEY_USERS/DEFAULT: \Windows\system32\config\default
| + | * Security [[access control lists]] |
| − | * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SAM: \Windows\system32\config\SAM
| + | * File system journaling |
| − | * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SECURITY: \Windows\system32\config\SECURITY
| + | |
| − | * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE: \Windows\system32\config\software | + | |
| − | * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM: \Windows\system32\config\system | + | |
| | | | |
| − | ===Windows 98/ME=== | + | == External links == |
| − | * \Windows\user.dat
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS Wikipedia: NTFS] |
| − | * \Windows\system.dat
| + | * [http://www.ntfs.com NTFS.com] |
| − | * \Windows\profiles\user profile\user.dat
| + | [[Category:Disk file systems]] |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==Tools==
| + | |
| − | ===Open Source===
| + | |
| − | * [http://projects.sentinelchicken.org/reglookup/ reglookup] — "small command line utility for reading and querying Windows NT-based registries."
| + | |
| − | * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/regviewer/ regviewer] — a tool for looking at the registry.
| + | |
| − | * [http://windowsir.blogspot.com/ RegRipper] — "the fastest, easiest, and best tool for registry analysis in forensics examinations."
| + | |
| − | * [http://search.cpan.org/~jmacfarla/Parse-Win32Registry-0.51/lib/Parse/Win32Registry.pm Parse::Win32Registry] Perl module.
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.williballenthin.com/registry/index.html python-registry] Python module.
| + | |
| − | * [http://code.google.com/p/registrydecoder/ Registry Decoder] offline analysis component, by Andrew Case
| + | |
| − | * [http://code.google.com/p/registrydecoder/ RegDecoderLive] live hive acquisition component, by Andrew Case
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ===Freeware===
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=3 Yet Another Registry Utility (yaru)] Free tool that can be run on Windows, Linux or Mac OS-X. If run in admin mode, allows viewing of registry hives on live system.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | * [http://www.tzworks.net/prototype_page.php?proto_id=14 Windows ShellBag Parser] Free tool that can be run on Windows, Linux or Mac OS-X.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ===Commercial===
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.abexo.com/free-registry-cleaner.htm Abexo Free Regisry Cleaner]
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.auslogics.com/registry-defrag Auslogics Registry Defrag]
| + | |
| − | * [http://lastbit.com/arv/ Alien Registry Viewer]
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/index.htm NT Registry Optimizer]
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.registry-clean.net/free-registry-defrag.htm iExpert Software-Free Registry Defrag]
| + | |
| − | * [http://paullee.ru/regundel Registry Undelete (russian)]
| + | |
| − | * [http://mitec.cz/wrr.html Windows Registry Recovery]
| + | |
| − | * [http://registrytool.com/ Registry Tool]
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==Bibliography==
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.dfrws.org/2009/proceedings/p69-zhu.pdf Using ShellBag Information to Reconstruct User Activities.], Yuandong Zhu*, Pavel Gladyshev, Joshua James, DFRWS 2009
| + | |
| − | * Recovering Deleted Data From the Windows Registry. Timothy Morgan, DFRWS 2008 [http://www.dfrws.org/2008/proceedings/p33-morgan.pdf [paper]] [http://www.dfrws.org/2008/proceedings/p33-morgan_pres.pdf [slides]]
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.pkdavies.co.uk/documents/Computer_Forensics/registry_examination.pdf Registry Examination, by Paul Davies]
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | * [http://dfrws.org/2008/proceedings/p26-dolan-gavitt.pdf Forensic Analysis of the Windows Registry in Memory], Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, DFRWS 2008 [http://dfrws.org/2008/proceedings/p26-dolan-gavitt_pres.pdf [slides]]
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.pkdavies.co.uk/downloads/registry_examination.pdf Forensic Analysis of the Windows Registry], Peter Davies, Computer Forensics: Coursework 2 (student paper)
| + | |
| − | * [http://eptuners.com/forensics/A%20Windows%20Registry%20Quick%20Reference.pdf A Windows Registry Quick-Reference], Derrick Farmer, Burlington, VT.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | * [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7CW4-4GX1J3B-1&_user=3326500&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000060280&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=3326500&md5=ab887593e7be6d5257696707886978f1 The Windows Registry as a forensic resource], Digital Investigation, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2005, Pages 201--205.
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | * [http://www.forensicfocus.com/downloads/forensic-analysis-windows-registry.pdf Forensic Analysis of the Windows Registry], Lih Wern Wong , School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | * [http://www.sentinelchicken.com/research/registry_format/ The Windows NT Registry File Format], Timothy D. Morgan
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | ==See Also==
| + | |
| − | * [http://windowsir.blogspot.com/search/label/Registry Windows Incident Response Articles on Registry]
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.answers.com/topic/win-registry Windows Registry Information]
| + | |
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry Wikipedia Article on Windows Registry] | + | |
| − | [[Category:Bibliographies]]
| + | |
| − | * [http://moyix.blogspot.com/search/label/registry Push the Red Button] — Articles on Registry | + | |
| − | * [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/win4n6/ Windows Forensics Mailing List]
| + | |
| − | * [http://samba.org/~jelmer/kregedit/ kregedit] - a KDE utility for viewing and editing registry files.
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.bindview.com/Services/RAZOR/Utilities/Unix_Linux/ntreg_readme.cfm ntreg] a file system driver for linux, which understands the NT registry file format.
| + | |
| − | * [http://www.beginningtoseethelight.org/ntsecurity/ Security Accounts Manager]
| + | |
| − | | + | |
| − | * http://www.opensourceforensics.org/tools/unix.html - Open Source Forensic Tools on Brian Carrier's website.
| + | |
