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The Hex view of IPD file
Some forensic tools will convert this number for you, which is true with Oxygen
Forensics IPD Viewer, as shown in the next screenshot. Oxygen Forensics Suite is one of
the most powerful commercial forensic tools to parse data from BlackBerry backup files.
This suite of tools offers both a backup file parser as well as an IPD Viewer. Some
forensic tools omit empty databases, provide partial support for backup files, or require
the examiner to manually convert and verify the number of tables. To verify the number of
databases/tables in a BlackBerry backup file, Elcomsoft IPD Viewer can be used by per-
forming the following steps:
1. Install Oxygen Forensics Suite (license required) on your forensic workstation.
2. Select BlackBerry IPD Viewer and navigate to the backup file. Have a look at the
following screenshot:
