Research into the capabilities and accuracy of computer forensic tools will increase as the number of cases and the weight of evidence based on digital evidence increases.this overview describe the capabilities of leading proprietary and open source digital forensics tools. The functionality of the tools has been tested separately on digital media formatted with windows.
Experiments have been conducted to determine whether open source computer forensics capabilities are similar to proprietary computer forensics tools and whether these tools can complement each other. The ability of these tools to create and analyse digital forensic images in a forensic manner has been tested. Tests were performed on each SSD media file after wiping the data from the media and repeated after formatting the media.
The results of the experiments conducted show that both proprietary and open source computer forensics tools perform better in different scenarios and that the tools can be used to validate and complement each other. According to these findings, researches have affordable tools to validate results and can study digital media more effectively.