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Computer Evidence: Collection and Preservation

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I had to get this book for a class I'm taking, and it's pretty good, given the following conditions:
1) Computer forensics is a new field and therefor by the time any book is published about it, it's already outdated.
2) It's for class
3) It focuses mainly on specific programs and there's not much general, which makes sense, but it would still be nice for it to cover more than just specific programs and their history.

A few good points:
It's easy to follow
It doesn't get technical and always repeats what acronyms stand for (which bothers me, but that's just because I'm a Computer Science major)

Computers and data storage devices have become entwined in all parts of society and business and law enforcement and information technology professionals alike will thus find key Christopher L.T. Brown's 2nd updated edition of Computer Evidence: Collection and Preservation, a survey of computer forensics and data storage evidence. The focus on digital evidence in court cases provides a fine survey for computer forensics students and tells how to preserve case integrity during the computer examination process. Law enforcement libraries especially will welcome this.