Editing USB flash drive (section)

===Computer forensics and law enforcement===
A recent development for the use of a USB Flash Drive as an application carrier is to carry the [[Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor]] (COFEE) application developed by [[Microsoft]]. COFEE is a set of applications designed to search for and extract [[Computer forensics|digital evidence]] on computers confiscated from suspects.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004379751_msftlaw29.html |title=Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=2008-04-29 |first=Benjamin J. |last=Romano |date=2008-04-29 |archive-date=2012-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423032134/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2004379751_msftlaw29.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Forensic software is required not to alter in any way the information stored on the computer being examined. Other forensic suites run from [[CD-ROM]] or [[DVD-ROM]], but cannot store data on the media they are run from (although they can write to other attached devices, such as [[external drive]]s or [[Flash memory|memory sticks]]).