The following is the current plan for the Distance Learning Class expected to go on sale at the end of November.
The class will contain the same material and content as the standard classroom. The difference will be that instead of attending a class in a location, paying for the hotel room, the flight and dinner, you will get all the material on video and MP3s PLUS all the material/tools/equipment used in the class yours to keep. Since you will not have the advantage of being in the classroom for questions and mentoring, I am scheduling time to answer emails and review content. The book, and the other materials and test will be the same information for your certification.
The cost of the distance learning class will be
$3000+shipping. In that $3000 you will be receiving hardware and software that
is used in the class to KEEP for your own lab including the very expensive
Platter Replacement Kit delivered to your door. The obvious benefit of the
distance learning format is that you can do it at your own pace, take the test
when you want, don’t have to pay for airfare or hotel and food. In addition you
don’t have to take off work to do the class. The class still covers everything
that is in the class and all the material listed on the class information page
for the seated class. The material
will be presented with videos actually taken in the class with a few extra
videos where things were done up close and you don’t have the benefit of being
there for.
Here are the details of the physical items you can expect to get in the class:
The “Distance Learning Package” consists of:
Hardware:
1x Book that is the Lecture and Slides used in the class that also includes 20 labs.
1x Head Platter Replacement Tool that includes a Lab Bench Stand, 1x 3.5” Platter tool, 1x 2.5” Platter tool, 1 Magnetic Voice Coil removal tool.
1x Set of Screwdrivers that includes Torx drivers necessary for small hard drives from T4-T8 for 2.5 in hard drives.
1x Set of Screwdrivers that includes Philips and Flathead drivers needed for small hard drives.
1x Set of MP3’s that includes 40 hours of class that can be used in mobile players or computer, or car CD player.
4x Hard drives for practice and are the items used in the class room and on the Videos.
1x Set of Straws, Post It Notes, Plastic for Head Assemblies
1x USB hard drive connector that includes 2.5”, 3.5” and SATA connectors
1x Fine Metal Tweezers
1x Static Mat
1x Set of Static Gloves
2x Bootable CDs with additional Software
1x Flash Memory Stick with Special Format for Discovery in the Class
1x Voucher for the Certification Test
1x Set of Videos of how to use the DeepSpar Disk Imager and the Forensic Disk Imager.
Software:
The Software and licenses for the recovery software that will be your property for the items designed for the class and are taught in the manual. It will include licenses of R-Studio, R-Studio for Linux, Runtime GetDataBack NTFS, Disk Explorer for NTFS, GetDataBack for Fat, DiskExplorer for Fat, Raid Reconstructor, Captain Nemo Pro, SpeedClone 2003 and copies of these other great packages: Victoria, MHDD, TestDisk, FTK Imager, HFS Explorer as well as 20 others I have collected that are excellent data recovery packages, plus the correct training and right way to use each package.
Videos & Audio of the Class
1x Set of High Quality Videos and MP3 audio recordings of the classes. It is an actual video of the class with all 40 hours.
Mentoring:
The ability to converse with Scott Moulton via email to help mentor and answer specific questions.
Data Recovery Expert
Certification
In Addition: After passing the certification exam with a 70
or better, you will also be sent a high quality sealed certification for
framing. If you fail the certification exam, you can retake the exam for $50.
Your Requirements:
You would need to have your own Windows XP Machine to run the class on and a browser that has Flash Installed. That is the only requirement besides your time and a basic computer knowledge of Windows including Dos.
The other Details for Data Recovery Expert Certification Class Are the Same as the seated class. The details are as follows.
If you have seen
Scott Moulton's videos you know
how detailed they are about the in-depth technical material of a hard drive and
forensics. This class is like that material on steroids! If you would like 5 SOLID DAYS OF TRAINING AND TRADE
SECRETS on Data Recovery and Forensics
then this is the class for you. For those people that have asked about purchasing additional copies of my
BOOK on data recovery & class material, you can purchase it here:
I have put together a 5 day class with the same quality and details for doing forensics and data recovery of damaged hard drives and logical data. It is a spectacular class fills all 5 days followed by a test for the “Data Recovery Expert Certification.” I have taught this class to several companies/agencies/people/etc, such as Boeing, Symantec, Department Of Defense, Government Agencies, Berkley University, as well as other data recovery and forensic houses. See Testimonials at the bottom of this page. I guarantee that everyone will come away with new skills in forensics and data recovery they didn’t have before!
The class will consist of five days total, two days of
lecture and labs where we disassemble two hard drives and attempt to reassemble
them into working machines. The third and fourth day will be logical recoveries
where we will use the lab computers to image memory sticks for class, there will
be other images of drives provided for Raid 0 and Raid 5 recoveries. There will
be images provided for NTFS, Mac OSX HFS and EXT3 Linux drives for recovery as
well as the previous mentioned sets of images for Raid 5 and Raid 0.
The last day will be review, then Solid State Hard Drives and a Test for
the:
Data Recovery Expert Certification.
Some of the items covered in this Class are Hard Drives and Basics Recovery Functions
• Going over the basics and working parts
• Data Recovery With Forensic Drives
• Clean Room Basics
• Equipment Basics
• Tools and Software
• Sounds of the Drives
• Samples of drives with sounds I will bring
• What you can tell by listening to the drive
• Basics on success rates
• Opening the Drive
• Mechanical Operations on Drives
• Rebuilding Hard Drives Physically
• What a Sector Looks Like Encoded on the Drive
• PCB Board Issues and Live Board Swaps
• Forensic Logical Recoveries
• Rebuilding forensic drives maintaining the state
• Plus much much more…..
Over 17 hands on Labs
Including:
HANDS ON LAB: Repairing a Damaged Drive
HANDS ON LAB:
FOUR HARD DRIVES YOU REBUILD!
HANDS ON LAB: Hard Drives Mechanical Operations
HANDS ON LAB: Operations Rebuilding a Hard Drive Physically
HANDS ON LAB: Mounting a Damaged Drive on PC
HANDS ON LAB: What an Encoded Sector Look Like with data
HANDS ON LAB: PCB Board Matching Issues and Review
HANDS ON LAB: RAID 0 Rebuilds
HANDS ON LAB: RAID 5 Rebuilds
HANDS ON LAB: MAC OSX REBUILDS
HANDS ON LAB: LINUX EXT/REISER REBUILDS
HANDS ON LAB: SELECTING DONOR DRIVES
SAMPLE OUTLINE HERE IN PDF <- CLICK HERE
- 1meg PDF
This class covers disassembly and reassembly of hard drives
and restoring them to working conditions for data recovery and forensics
purposes. We will perform logical recoveries where we will use software and
computers to image memory sticks, hard drives, and other media such as CD’s. We
will also restore and rebuild drives in a Raid 0 and Raid 5 configurations. This
book also covers Windows NTFS, Mac OSX HFS+ hard drive formats and EXT3 Linux
drives recoveries. In the last
section is an education on the functions and abilities of Solid State Hard
Drives followed by a test for the Data Recovery Expert Certification.
We will rip apart four hard drives and reassemble them and go over the processes and methodologies for handling damaged drives and doing logical recoveries AFTER successfully reassembling them. I will also demo live in class the DeepSpar Forensic Disk Imager as well as other equipment and teach what is special about this machine that will change your life with forensics and damaged hard drives.
Testimonials:
Scott’s data recovery class was well suited for me. My previous skills in software data recovery were intermediate level and hardware recovery were nill. The course expanded my knowledge 100 fold. I hope to be successful in hardware recovery soon. Scott freely imparts of his knowledge and skills and I found his course to be extremely helpful to my education.
Thanks,
Steven Wright / Symantec
Systems Administrator for Symantec.com
IT-Alexandria
It was great to meet you too! You put on a fantastic class!
William F Paulin / Infrastructure Generalist
Boeing-SVS,Inc.
4411 The 25 Way Suite 350
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Dear Scott,
Thank you very much for the excellent course. Though initially I took the course because of the certification, I realize that the knowledge you gave me was very valuable. The curriculum was very well thought out and the delivery of it was awesome! I would absolutely recommend your course to anybody who wants to get into data recovery and also to anybody who has been doing it for less than a year. Your skill in supervising labs of 17 people -- while they were simultaneously changing head assemblies -- was amazing. Also, the certification in Data Recovery you’ve arranged for us could be helpful one day.
Gratefully,
Sam Roitman, President
784 Columbus Ave. Suite 11L
New York, NY 10025
Scott's data recovery class was a great investment. We got to learn from somebody who is not just a trainer, but somebody who does data recovery on a daily basis and knows the tricks, and which tools work best in which scenario. There were also lots of hands-on labs where we got to take drives apart and practice removing heads and platters, in addition to labs covering numerous logical and physical data recovery scenarios.
Thanks,
Gary Huestis / Houston Computing Services
9000 Emmott Rd, Suite C
Houston, TX 77040
Taking Scott's data recovery class was one of the best things I have done for my career. Aside from meeting and learning from one of the industry’s best, Scott’s class afforded me the opportunity to network with others that are in my field and get quickly certified in Data Recovery. Before the class, I had some knowledge in this field. After participating in the hands-on labs and listening to Scott teach the concepts using real life examples, I was able to vastly expand my data recovery capabilities. The course was very interactive, and Scott made the class fun with his energetic, personable style. This was the best technical class I have taken in my 20 year IT career. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to get into the Data Recovery or Forensics field.
Jerry Sawyer, Jr.
Certified Computer
Forensics and Data Recovery Specialist
JEStech, LLC
SAMPLE OUTLINE HERE IN PDF <- CLICK HERE - 1 Meg PDF
Sample training material for class:
Hard Drives and Basics Education
• Going over the basics and working parts
• Clean Room Basics
• Equipment Basics
• Tools and Software
• Sounds of the Drives
• Samples of drives with sounds I will bring
• What you can tell by listening to the drive before opening
• Basics on success rates
MORE MORE MORE ......