The end result of any investigation is to prove whether something exists or took place. In laptops, desktops, mobile devices, and smart devices, data has to be stored somewhere, even if it’s just temporarily. Most of us may be familiar with hard disk drives within laptops, desktops, mobile devices and so on, but we also need to focus on removable and portable storage devices. These include DVDs, portable drives, thumb or flash drives, SD and microSD cards, older media such as CDs and floppies, and countless more.

We should also consider that many portable flash drives come in many interesting shapes and sizes as novelty items, and may not take the usual shape of the ordinary rectangular-shaped drive. Another issue to consider is that many of these storage media devices have changed in size over the years and may be smaller in size, usually as a result of evolving technology.