Tableau TX1, User Manual

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About this Guide
This guide presents a wide range of technical information and procedures for using the Tableau
TX1 Forensic Imager, a product of Guidance Software. It is divided into the following chapters:
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Overview : Provides general information about the TX1 as well as unpacking, starting up,
and navigating the TX1 menus and reading the LEDs.
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Setting up the TX1 : Provides system overview information about the TX1 as well as pro-
cedures for configuring and connecting the TX1.
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Using the TX1 : Provides detailed information and procedures for TX1 operation.
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Drive Bay and Adapters : Describes the drive bay and adapters that extend the drive
acquisition options and destination drive capabilities of the TX1.
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Troubleshooting and Support : Provides a brief list of potential problems and solutions.
For more complete and current troubleshooting information as well as answers to fre-
quently asked questions (FAQ), visit OpenText My Support at
https://sup-
port.opentext.com .
Drive Capacity and Transfer Rate Measurement
Conventions
The computer industry generally adheres to two different conventions for definitions of the
terms megabyte (MB) and gigabyte (GB). For computer RAM, 1 MB is defined as 2
20
=
1,048,576 bytes and 1 GB is defined as 2
30
= 1,073,741,824 bytes. For drive storage, 1 MB is
defined as 10
6
= 1,000,000 bytes and 1 GB is defined as 10
9
= 1,000,000,000 bytes. These two
conventions are known as powers of two and powers of ten respectively. Microsoft deviates
from the hard drive capacity measurement convention and uses the powers of two
convention for its operating systems.
Tableau products report drive capacities and transfer rates according to the industry standard
powers of ten convention. In TX1 screens, reports, and documentation, a 4 GB hard drive
stores up to 4,000,000,000 bytes; a hard drive with a 150 MB/sec transfer rate transfers
150,000,000 bytes per second.
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