Email storage and unallocated disk space

[Jane Logan]

Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express sit
in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk space?

Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
disk space of the hard drive?

What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

 

[Malke]

Will copies of emails sent out through outlook or outlook express sit
in allocated disk space of your hard drive OR unallocated disk space?

Is it possible for web based client emails to be found on allocated
disk space of the hard drive?

What kind of information is stored on unallocated disk space ?

Unallocated disk space is space on the hard drive that hasn't been
partitioned and formatted. It isn't usable and no information is stored
on it. See the "Disks and Partitions" section of this TechNet article:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sct/scthch0a.mspx#ENE

If you send an email from an email client such as Outlook or OE and have
chosen the option to keep sent mails (usually in the Sent folder), then
those mails are on your hard drive (again, not in unallocated space).

Web-based emails are kept on the web mail provider's server, not on your
hard drive.

Malke

 

[Jane Logan]

Hi Malke,

Apparently emails that may may have been sent through a web based
client and then deleted where reteived from the unallocated disk space
of hard drive.

How can this explained (fragments of the emails where recovered )?

Can mails send out from Out look or Outlook express client on your
machine show up on unallocated disk space? or will it always show up on
allocated disk space.

I am told that when you view a site, your hard drive caches the page
for you to be able to view it, can this make my question clearer?

 

[Malke]

Hi Malke,

Apparently emails that may may have been sent through a web based
client and then deleted where reteived from the unallocated disk space
of hard drive.

How can this explained (fragments of the emails where recovered )?

Can mails send out from Out look or Outlook express client on your
machine show up on unallocated disk space? or will it always show up
on allocated disk space.

I am told that when you view a site, your hard drive caches the page
for you to be able to view it, can this make my question clearer?

Yes, webpages are cached. I think you'd better ask the forensic
specialist who found the emails about this.

Malke

 

[DL]

Life is much simpler if you dont multi post

Hi Malke,

Apparently emails that may may have been sent through a web based
client and then deleted where reteived from the unallocated disk space
of hard drive.

How can this explained (fragments of the emails where recovered )?

Can mails send out from Out look or Outlook express client on your
machine show up on unallocated disk space? or will it always show up on
allocated disk space.

I am told that when you view a site, your hard drive caches the page
for you to be able to view it, can this make my question clearer?