OSForensics - Free Forensic Software

OSForensics is a free forensic software. It contains an entire forensic toolkit with the ability to create cases, discover and read files, recover deleted files, find good and bad files using known hashes, search within files and much more. It also includes several useful digital forensics tools that enable users to easily extract forensic data from computers for study and review of evidence.

It also features a built in tool for copying the software to a USB device, essentially enabling you to create a Portable Forensic Lab that you can bring with you on a USB drive.

OSForensics Portable Forensic Toolkit

OSForensics Free Portable Forensic Toolkit

Authors Website: Project Page

License: Beta version is Freeware (at the time of this writing)

Installed Size: 33 MB

How to run OSForensics Portably from USB

To make it portable:

  1. Download and run the installer, installing to your PC.
  2. Launch the program from your computer, and select the "install to USB" option under housekeeping.
  3. Use osf.exe to run the program from your USB flash drive.