Magnet DumpIt for Windows¶
What Magnet DumpIt for Windows does¶
Volatile memory acquisition
Magnet DumpIt for Windows supports memory acquisition. In this guide, you will use it to produce a memory image using the DumpIt workflow and verify the output. Follow the steps below and keep the output with your notes.
Tool guide at a glance¶
Produce a memory image using the DumpIt workflow and verify the output.
An authorised Windows lab VM and a controlled destination larger than installed RAM.
A memory image with capture time, tool version, size, path, and integrity hash.
Evidence and safety
Capture only an owned or authorised lab system. Memory can contain credentials and sensitive content. Record the input identifier, tool version, relevant commands or settings, time and time zone, output location, and any errors or limitations as you work.
Choose your journey¶
01Understand the evidenceLearn the memory acquisition concepts and limitations.Complete when you can explain what the evidence can and cannot show.Beginner · No tool required 02Follow the Magnet DumpIt for Windows guideFollow the steps and screenshots below.Complete when the documented workflow produces its expected output.Guided · SUSA workstation · Time varies 03Interactive labPractise the tool workflow in a safe browser simulation.Complete when the guided result is supported by the case evidence.Beginner · Browser only 04Full LabUse your own training data, keep the output and explain what you found.Complete when another analyst can reproduce and verify the outcome.Intermediate · Isolated lab
How the labs complement this guide
The Interactive Lab uses example records to practise investigation decisions. It does not run the installed tool or establish how that version behaves. The Full Lab uses your own training environment and evidence. Obtain or create the required input before starting; a case name in an exercise is not a download.
Evidence workflow¶
Before you begin¶
Identify the exact endpoint and confirm that memory acquisition is authorised.
Record the executable version and use controlled storage with sufficient capacity.
Plan to retain timing, messages, image size, a cryptographic hash and custody details.
Magnet DumpIt is a portable memory acquisition tool for supported Windows x86,
x64 and ARM64 systems. It creates a Microsoft crash dump (.dmp) image for
later analysis. Because it acquires a live system, use it only with explicit
authority and record the changes, timing and errors introduced by acquisition.
Continue to Install and Open to retrieve and stage the authorised toolkit, then Acquire and Verify to preserve a case linked memory image and evidence record.