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Bit Stream Backup Assignment

   

Added on  2020-04-15

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Running head: EXAM QUESTIONSEXAM QUESTIONSName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

EXAM QUESTIONS2Bit stream BackupBit stream back up involves back up of all the data which are in the hard disk drive oranother type of storage media on the other hand the file backup copy involves only thebackup of the data which is on the desired disk and not all the system’s data. The bit streamcopy can be considered to be more secured than the file backup copy. Data acquisitiona)Advantage: The raw format can be converted to any format according to the need of the user.The size of the data is considerable more than taking into consideration any format.Disadvantage The editing of the raw format can be sometimes be very much hectic.Sometimes specialized software has to be used for the conversion of the format.b)Linux command to create a raw image is qemu-img. The benefits that can be achievedfrom the command is that.It can directly create a shortcut of image creation.It can modify any image which is being processed in the system.Email investigation a)The first thing that should be done is the IP Address of the sender should be knownand from it the location can be traced. The IP address can be found from many websites overthe internet.

EXAM QUESTIONS3b) The main aspect that can be uncovered is the origin of the email and the correct IPaddress which is involved in the sending of the message. The IP address can be considered asone of the most important aspect when dealing with email spamming as it could involve allthe details of the sender of the message. By this means the actual origin of the message canbe easily be found out.File systema)The file system can be considered as a method or a data structure that can be used byan operating system to keep track of the files on the disk or partition; that is the way the filesare organized in the disk.b) Two common file system which are utilized in modern window based system is FATand NTFS. The most recent among them is the NTFS which is used as default in the window10.c) FAT stands for File Allocation Table and MFT stands for Master file Table.d) The FAT file system usually contains four different sectors which are as follows.Boot sector: this is basically a reserved sector which is located on the first part of the disc.It contains the operating system’s necessary boot loader code.FAT Region: this region usually contains two copies of the file allocation table.Data region: this is where the directory of the data is stored.Root Directory Region: this is the region where all the information about the table and thefiles exist.Hashing

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