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todo:removable-flash-media [2022/06/18 21:29] – hiccuptodo:rewritable_hard_disks_and_flash_media [2023/04/10 22:57] – [Introduction] hiccup
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-====== Removable Flash Media ======+====== Rewritable Hard Disks and Flash Media ======
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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 This method uses a forensics-oriented Linux distribution which defaults to blocking all devices in read-only mode to ensure as secure as possible an environment (without using a hardware write blocker) for imaging of writeable storage media. This method uses a forensics-oriented Linux distribution which defaults to blocking all devices in read-only mode to ensure as secure as possible an environment (without using a hardware write blocker) for imaging of writeable storage media.
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 +**Important Notes**
 +  * Unopened games should have their ROM and save data dumped **before** attempting to play them. This avoids inadvertent modification of the data and helps preserve the game in its unused/"factory" state. Note in your submission whether the physical media was sealed and include a photo of the cart/packaging in its sealed state, if possible.
 +  * You should clean the physical media's electrical contacts before trying to dump it, and dump it twice, checking if both dumps match.
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 ===== Methods ===== ===== Methods =====
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 ==== Method 1 ==== ==== Method 1 ====
-[todo: elaborate] 
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 **Tools required** **Tools required**
   * External USB drive of at least 4GB OR a writeable DVD   * External USB drive of at least 4GB OR a writeable DVD
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