X-Ways Forensics

As part of the validation process, often you need to document the steps you took to obtain data from a suspect drive. Many forensics tools, like FTK, ILook, and X-Ways Forensics, can generate a log report that records activities performed by the detective. Then a built-in report generator is used to create a report in a variety of formats. The following tools are some that offer report generators displaying bookmarked evidence:
 EnCase
 FTK
 ILook
 X-Ways Forensics
 ProDiscover
The log report can be added to your final report as additional documentation of the steps you took during the examination, which can be useful if repeating the examination is necessary. For a case that requires peer review, log reports confirm what activities were