Autopsy User's Guide

This page contains information on using Autopsy in a digital investigation. Refer to the Autopsy Developer's Guide for information on developing modules for Autopsy. If you do not find an answer here, you can use the sleuthkit-users e-mail list to ask questions.

Autopsy 3

"Official" Documents

These are documents and resources from sleuthkit.org. Please do not remove these links as they could be the only links to the documents.

• Quick Start Guide contains a high-level overview of the features.
• There is help system inside of Autopsy 3 that provides an overview of using the system. Unfortunately, we have not found a way to put it online.
• The Autopsy 3 Troubleshooting page has tips for debugging some common problems.
• The Autopsy 3 FAQ page has frequently asked questions.
• The Autopsy 3 WinFE page has info for configuring Autopsy to run in the bootable WinFE environment.

External Documents

• Please add links here if you have written a doc or blog posting about using Autopsy 3.

Autopsy 2

"Official" Documents

These are documents and resources from sleuthkit.org. Please do not remove these links as they could be the only links to the documents.

• Help pages that are automatically updated and describes how to use the system.
• man page that is automatically updated and describes basics of launching the program.
• Sleuth Kit Informer contains some articles on Autopsy.

External Documents

These are external documents that have been created by other Autopsy users.

• Law Enforcement and Forensic Examiner Introduction to Linux: A Beginner's Guide. Barry Grundy. 2003. NASA.
• Running Sleuthkit and Autopsy Under Windows document (local copy) by Charles Lucas
• Japanese help by Motonobu Takahashi
• Documentación de Autopsy en español por Alonso E. Caballero Quezada
• Installing Sleuthkit and Autopsy (For Novices)
• Autopsy: Setting Up a Case: A short tutorial for Novices

Refer to Books and Courses on TSK for books and such that also cover Autopsy.