Stroller wrote: lots of stuff deleted here > It is my understanding that rules of evidence may be less strict for > civil cases (such that carbon copy cloner might be suitable for copying > a drive were you sacking an employee for surfing porn at work) but that > unless these procedures are followed then "evidence" obtained from the > drive would not be considered sound during a _criminal_ case. IMO - and > with all respect - if you have to ask here then you should not be > conducting the investigation. > > Stroller. > No offense taken. In all likelihood, the work will be farmed out to a company that does this professionally. I was asked to explore options available on the Mac OS X side, and aside from a yahoo.com search, this seemed like a good place to explore this. I never had any intent of using CCC to resolve something of this caliber. but still, all/everyones comments are appreciated. Jerry