Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for recovery of a file system using metadata and data clusters. The apparatus for recovery of a file system generates an MFT entry list in a disc or an evidence image, collects at least one data cluster candidate, and uses at least one MFT entry and at least one data cluster candidate within the MFT entry list to generate at least one MFT entry-data cluster pair candidate. The apparatus for recovery of a file system analyzes the at least one MFT entry-data cluster pair candidate to determine attribute values of a virtual partition and generate the virtual partition based on the attribute values.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for recovering a partition based on file system metadata, which calculate core information necessary for the recovery of a partition using only the MFT entry information of $MFT and recover a deleted partition when an MBR and a GPT that correspond to the partition configuration information of a disk and a BR and a BBR that store the configuration information of a volume are deleted or destroyed. The method includes determining an unallocated area in a disk or an evidence image, collecting MFT entries from the unallocated area, generating MFT partition candidate information by analyzing the MFT entries, and creating information enabling a layout of a partition to be reconfigured based on the MFT partition candidate information, and creating a tree structure using the created information and the MFT entries.