ADF Evaluation Instructions

Thank you for your interest in evaluating the ADF forensic software. Please follow the instructions below corresponding to the product you are evaluating.

ADF PRO Evaluation

ADF PRO contains all the features of DEI and MDI. See the sections below for instructions.

DEI Evaluation

To evaluate DEI you can license your own flash drive or license your computer. Follow the procedure from our user guide to obtain your own license file.

You can also use your own USB storage device as Collection Key:

We highly recommend a USB flash drive with the following characteristics:

64GB of storage or more
Read speed of at least 200MB/s
Write speed of at least 40MB/s
SSD technology
USB 3.0 compatible

The following USB flash drives have been tested by ADF and are highly recommended:

Samsung T9 SSD Drive

The Collection Key (CKY) has to be prepared prior to using it:

Insert the USB device you want to use as a Collection Key
From the Home page select “Scan Setup & Key Management > Prepare Collection Keys”
In the Collection Keys section, select your desired USB device
To complete the preparation, follow the on-screen prompts
Use your Collection Key on the target computer and insert the Authentication Key when prompted for license validation

To boot older target computers that do not support booting on a USB device, you can create a bootable CD.

Here’s how to get started with this application.

Evaluation vs. Full License

Watermark on Pictures

The evaluation copy places a watermark on the pictures extracted during a scan. All other features are otherwise identical to the paid copy.

Limited Storage Capacity of Evaluation Key

The full ADF Kit comes standard with a high-capacity high-speed SSD device to launch a scan of a stand-alone computer and store collected data.

Scanning Multiple Computers

The Evaluation key is both a license key and scan/storage device – consequently, it can scan only one stand-alone computer at a time. The full ADF Kit comes with a dedicated Authentication Key which allows you to scan multiple stand-alone computers simultaneously. If you would like to scan multiple computers please create your own Collection Key (see above).

MDI Evaluation

IMPORTANT: Only one ADF desktop application should be installed on the same computer. To use MDI with another ADF desktop product on the same computer, please request an ADF PRO license.

For a successful evaluation you will need:

The software installer from the ADF download page
License the computer running MDI by following the instructions on our user guide.
Android cables: USB-A to Micro-USB; USB-A to USB-C
iOS cables: USB-A to iOS Lightning; USB-A to iOS 30-pin

Here’s how to get started with this application.

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