https://diode.zone/videos/watch/50c1e12c-004f-4c36-9d27-35efea9bab73 How to connect and make a forensic image with Tableau external write blockers. Forensic write blockers prevent the forensic workstation from modifying the source disk. Physical write blockers physically prevent write commands from being sent to the disk, while software write blockers attempt to block writes at the kernel (OS) level. Today we look at three external physical write blockers and how a forensic investigator can use them. The UltraBlock write blockers were generously loaned by Digital Intelligence, Inc. (https://bit.ly/DFIRSciDI) Thank you to our Members and Patrons, but especially to our Investigators, TheRantingGeek, Roman, and Alexis Brignoni! Thank you so much! 00:00 Getting started with external write blockers 00:11 T8u USB Write Blocker 00:36 Connection procedure 00:51 Connection tutorial 01:23 Power on the write blocker 02:24 Forensic Workstation View 03:07 Image target USB device with FTK Imager 04:15 Windows Disk Manager View 05:54 T35u SATA Write Blocker 08:01 Windows Disk Manager View 08:12 Image write-blocked SATA disk with FTK Imager 09:07 Quick disk analysis with FTK Imager 09:39 SATA write block conclusions 10:03 Marker 14 10:06 T6u M.2 Write Blocker 10:43 M.2 to SAS adapter 11:26 T6u Power On 11:39 SATA3 to M.2 Adapter w T35u 12:26 T6u Power On 12:49 M.2 view from the forensic workstation 13:13 Checking read-only partition 13:45 Disk detection with FTK Imager 14:03 External Write Blocker Conclusions Note that physical and software write blockers can fail. Test your write blocking solutions for regular and odd use cases, and document your results. https://bit.ly/2Ij9Ojc - 👍 Subscribe for weekly videos ❤️ Get early access and bonus content - https://bit.ly/DFIRSciMember Links: Tableau UltraBlock External Write Blocker (https://bit.ly/DFIRSciUltraBlock) Digital Intelligence, Inc. (https://bit.ly/DFIRSciDI) Related book: Practical Forensic Imaging (https://amzn.to/3l2tT2N) #ultrablock #forensic #imager #tableau 010001000100011001010011011000110110100101100101011011100110001101100101 Get more Digital Forensic Science 👍 Subscribe → https://bit.ly/2Ij9Ojc 🛒 Shop → https://swag.dfir.science ❤️ YT Member → https://bit.ly/DFIRSciMember ❤️ Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/dfirscience 🕸️ Blog → https://DFIR.Science 🤖 Code → https://github.com/DFIRScience 🐦 Follow → https://www.twitter.com/DFIRScience 📰 DFIR Newsletter → https://bit.ly/DFIRNews 010100110111010101100010011100110110001101110010011010010110001001100101 Tools to manage your YouTube channel: https://www.tubebuddy.com/DFIRScience This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Please link back to the original video. If you want to use this video for commercial purposes, please contact us first. We would love to see what you are doing and will probably allow its use. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:07:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://diode.zone https://diode.zone/lazy-static/avatars/61b689b7-84d5-43c7-9fa8-e63a7fd1d952.png https://diode.zone/videos/watch/50c1e12c-004f-4c36-9d27-35efea9bab73 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://diode.zone/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.