Recovering What Someone Tried to Erase.

Forensic data recovery from devices that have been deleted, formatted, partially destroyed, or anti-forensically obscured — including manual examination of unallocated space and low-level file system artifacts.

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Capabilities

What We Examine

Deleted & Overwritten

  • Recently deleted files (recoverable from file table or unallocated space)
  • Files deleted prior to known retention overwrites
  • Browser history, search history, and downloaded content
  • Email items deleted from mailbox and recoverable folders
  • Chat and instant messaging history

Anti-Forensic Activity

  • Detection of evidence-wiping tool usage (CCleaner, BleachBit, Eraser, etc.)
  • Identification of secure-deletion patterns versus normal usage
  • Reconstruction of activity that targeted specific files
  • Timestamp manipulation (timestomping) analysis

Partially Destroyed Media

  • Damaged hard drives and solid-state drives
  • Corrupted file systems
  • Devices subjected to physical or electrical damage
  • Encrypted volumes where keys remain available

Cloud & Backup Recovery

  • iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox version history
  • Email backup and journaled mail recovery
  • Snapshot and shadow-copy examination
  • Mobile device backups containing data no longer on the device
Common Use Cases

When we're typically engaged.

Deleted Evidence Recovery

Standard recovery tools and consumer services can corrupt evidentiary integrity in ways that aren't visible until cross-examination. Our recovery workflow treats every artifact as potentially evidentiary.

Anti-Forensic Activity

When someone tried to delete evidence on purpose, the act of deletion itself often becomes the legal issue. We document what was deleted, when, and how.

Partial Destruction

Damaged drives, corrupted file systems, devices subjected to physical or electrical damage — recovered under chain-of-custody discipline.

Why It Matters

Methodology that has already been tested.

Our principal's background includes hands-on forensic recovery work involving alleged anti-forensic activity — including manual examination of unallocated space and low-level file system artifacts to reconstruct user activity and recover deleted or partially destroyed data. That work was conducted in matters where the recovered material became the central evidentiary record — defensible not just on its own terms, but against opposing experts attempting to discredit it.

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Lost data that matters to a case?

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