Computer forensics on TV looks like magically powerful voodoo that, with a few strokes on the keyboard, easily cracks the case.  Real life computer forensics is quite a bit more mundane, painstaking and even tedious.  Yet, it can often uncover unexpected information.  This article discusses the most common types of data from which a forensic analyst will be able to recover files that have been deleted.  The article appears in the April 2010 edition of San Diego North County Lawyer Magazine.  To read more click on North County San Diego Bar Association Article.pdf (11.08 mb) and head to Page 20.