Compare source and target to find modified data

So you have a Source evidence drive and its image on a different device, and you have a record that their hash values were identical in the past.

Source and target hashes

If you get a different hash value when you calculate the hash of the target now, it could be due to hardware failure, or because the device containing your image was used by a third party.

To understand how substantial these changes are, you may want to locate the sectors that have been modified.

  1. In the sidebar, go to Disk Utilities > Compare.
  2. Make sure that the whole range of sectors of the drive and the radio button next to the Device on DiskSense Target Port option is selected.
  3. Click Compare.

Insight's high-performance compare function compares the source and the target and helps you identify and locate the modified sectors:

Different sectors found during source and target device comparison
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