Unidentified area on storage device
Unidentified area on storage device
I’m not aiming to destroy it with fire, since there’s a high likelihood it’s just components the hard drive relies on for normal operation. Clearing it might damage the drive.
Ugh, it seems the person lost their access and can't even check the internet anymore.
No, not at all. You're just asking if someone might have accessed the system and stored data.
It wasn't personally done. However, malware could achieve this method. I realized housekeeping items might appear different on various drives depending on the brand. Just because files look the same doesn’t confirm identical drives. I thought a single issue indicated something unusual, but it could be more complex.
I can test BSD or Linux via a virtual machine, but I don’t have a clear choice between them. When you arrive, focus on what matters most for your setup.
There are various distributions like netNSD, freeBSD, and others, including OSX variants and several forks. One focuses on security, while another handles backward compatibility—ideal for older Linux systems. A disk analysis tool will be used; it checks file systems, and if one is found, it suggests potential issues. If not, it likely points to simple storage files or custom solutions. Being cautious is normal, but there might be a simpler approach available. This kind of detection seems familiar to antimalware tools, though I’m from before their existence.