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Computer file with a storage device's contents
A disk image is a snapshot of a storage device's content – typically stored in a file on another storage device. Traditionally, a disk image was relatively
Disk_image
Archive file of an optical disc
An optical disc image (or ISO image, from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media) is a disk image that contains everything that would be written
Optical_disc_image
File format developed by Apple and used by macOS
Apple Disk Image is a disk image format commonly used by the macOS operating system. When opened, an Apple Disk Image is mounted as a volume within the
Apple_Disk_Image
Compares cloning software
techniques to copy data from a source to a destination drive or to a disk image. For example, a bootable identical SSD clone can be made of a working
Comparison of disk cloning software
Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software
Image for Windows is a disk imaging utility for Microsoft Windows developed by TeraByte Unlimited. When first released in 2002, it was one of two disk
Image for Windows (disk imaging)
Image_for_Windows_(disk_imaging)
apple.disk-image-dc42) DART disk image (.dart, com.apple.disk-image-dart) NDIF disk image (.ndif, .img, com.apple.disk-image-ndif); NDIF disk image segment
List_of_built-in_macOS_apps
Disk image file type used on Apple computers
A sparse image is a type of disk image file used on macOS that grows in size as the user adds data to the image, taking up only as much disk space as
Sparse_image
Disk utility for macOS
logical volume images from a wide range of formats to .dmg or, for CD/DVD images, .cdr Mount, unmount and eject disk volumes (including hard disks, removable
Disk_Utility
manipulate disk image files are as follows, comparing their disk image handling features. Specifies whether the application can create a new disc image file
Comparison of disc image software
Comparison_of_disc_image_software
Open-source x86 virtualization application
emulates hard disks in three formats: the native VDI (Virtual Disk Image), VMware's VMDK, and Microsoft's VHD. It thus supports disks created by other
VirtualBox
Process of duplicating all data on a digital storage drive
(destination) drive or to a disk image. Typically, the destination drive is connected to a computer (Fig. 1). Once connected, a disk cloner is used to perform
Disk_cloning
Type of data structure
written to a disk (i.e. on a disk image), then a system image can be produced by copying the disk to a file elsewhere, often with disk cloning applications
System_image
Disk file format
The Windows Imaging Format (WIM) is a file-based disk image format. It was developed by Microsoft to help deploy Windows Vista and subsequent versions
Windows_Imaging_Format
Raw disk image
IMG file, a.k.a. raw disk image, contains a complete and uncompressed disk image of a storage device's data content. The image includes the value of
IMG_(file_format)
File format representing a virtual hard disk drive
VHD and VHDX Image Format Specifications available to third parties under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise. A Virtual Hard Disk allows multiple
VHD_(file_format)
2024 studio album by Magdalena Bay
Musically, Imaginal Disk is a synth-pop, dance-pop, and electronic rock album. It was supported by four singles—"Death & Romance", "Image", "Tunnel Vision"
Imaginal_Disk
A System Deployment Image (SDI) is a file format used primarily with Microsoft products to contain an arbitrary disk image, including boot sector information
System_Deployment_Image
Software components that emulate an actual disk storage device
the underlying physical storage medium. A virtual disk may be in any of the following forms: Disk image, a computer file that contains the exact data structure
Virtual disk and virtual drive
Virtual_disk_and_virtual_drive
Disk cloning and backup tool
could clone a disk or partition to another disk or partition or to an image file. GHOST allows for writing a clone or image to a second disk in the same
Ghost_(disk_utility)
Image scanning device
disk (sometimes Anglicized as Nipkov disk; patented in 1884), also known as scanning disk, is a mechanical, rotating, geometrically operating image scanning
Nipkow_disk
Free virtualization and emulation software
Virtual disk images can be stored in QCOW format, which can significantly reduce image size. QCOW images only occupy the actual used disk space, not
QEMU
File format for virtual hard disk drive containers
VMDK (short for Virtual Machine Disk) is a file format that describes containers for virtual hard disk drives to be used in virtual machines like VMware
VMDK
manipulate files on an MS-DOS file system, typically a floppy disk or floppy disk image. The mtools are part of the GNU Project and are released under
Mtools
Disc copy protection circumvention
mini image containing only enough of the software's CD-ROM contents needed to bypass protection. This image can then be mounted with a disk image emulator
No-disc_crack
Backup utility for Microsoft Windows
Macrium Reflect is a disk imaging and backup utility for Microsoft Windows developed by Paramount Software UK Ltd in 2006. It is designed for home and
Macrium_Reflect
Providing to a computer system a logical view of physical storage
(hard disk, optical disk, tape, etc.) in the enterprise as a single pool of storage." A "storage system" is also known as a storage array, disk array
Storage_virtualization
Data recovery utility by Cleverfiles
High Sierra and later. Disk Drill can be also used as a backup utility for creating copies of the disk or partition in DMG images format. In February 2015
Disk_Drill
Virtual hard drive format
file format for disk image files used by QEMU, a hosted virtual machine monitor. It stands for "QEMU Copy On Write" and uses a disk storage optimization
Qcow
File format used by Amiga computers
Amiga Disk File (ADF) is a file format used by Amiga computers and emulators to store images of floppy disks, a single hard disk volumes (partitions) or
Amiga_Disk_File
Unix pseudo-device
then be mounted as if it were a disk device. Files of this kind are often used for CD ISO images and floppy disk images. Mounting a file containing a file
Loop_device
Diffraction pattern in optics
a highly magnified image of a star. It may be that none of the rings are apparent, in which case the star image appears as a disk (central maximum only)
Airy_disk
Removable disk storage medium
A floppy disk, diskette, or floppy diskette is a type of disk storage made from a thin, flexible disk coated with a magnetic storage medium. It is enclosed
Floppy_disk
Software development system
a Pascal "Host Compiler", product number 64817A manual at Bitsavers, disk image at HPCM, which could be used to write programs to execute on the workstation
HP_64000
Process of salvaging inaccessible data from corrupted or damaged secondary storage
should be moved to a new drive. Phase 2 Image the drive to a new drive or a disk image file When a hard disk drive fails, the importance of getting the
Data_recovery
Media intended to restore the operating system
The terms Recovery disc (or Disk), Rescue Disk/Disc and Emergency Disk all refer to a capability to boot from an external device, possibly a thumb drive
Recovery_disc
& UDO) Which filesystems the application supports. Information which Disk image formats an application supports. Support for Rainbow book standards: Red
Comparison of optical disc authoring software
Comparison_of_optical_disc_authoring_software
Computer software
computer's memory or a disk image. Unlike hex editors, which are used to edit files, a disk editor allows access to the underlying disk structures, such as
Disk_editor
Data recovery utility
and virtual disk images) from the BIOS or the operating system. The geometry information is required for a successful recovery. TestDisk reads sectors on
TestDisk
Gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star
Ae/Be star. The protoplanetary disk may not be considered an accretion disk; while the two are similar, an accretion disk is hotter and spins much faster
Protoplanetary_disk
copiers" to a disk image. Specifically, AppleWin recognizes .BIN, .DO, .DSK, .NIB, .PO and .WOZ filename extensions as Apple II disk image files along with
AppleWin
Technology for maintenance of file systems
relevant to file systems on electromechanical disk drives (hard disk drives, floppy disk drives and optical disk media). The movement of the hard drive's read/write
Defragmentation
Computer workstation operated without disk drives
"Virtual Hard Disk" or "Network Virtual Disk". This third approach makes it easier to use client OS than having a complete disk image in RAM or using
Diskless_node
Drive cloning software
suite of disk cloning, disk imaging and system deployment utilities. Clonezilla Server Edition uses multicast technologies to deploy a single image file to
Clonezilla
A self-mounting image is a disk image format, commonly found on the classic Mac OS platform, that is encapsulated in an application that mounts it as
Self-mounting_image
EXE to Shockwave DCR". "Dir format - reverseShockwave". "Virtual Hard Disk Image Format Specification". "Draco Bitstream Specification". google.github
List_of_file_signatures
Specialised hard disk controller for forensic usage
A forensic disk controller or hardware write-block device is a specialized type of computer hard disk controller made for the purpose of gaining read-only
Forensic_disk_controller
Topics referred to by the same term
Konitz "Image", a song by P.O.D. on the album The Fundamental Elements of Southtown "Image" (song), by Magdalena Bay from Imaginal Disk, 2024 Image (journal)
Image_(disambiguation)
Disk image that supports booting a computer
A boot image is a type of disk image that when on a boot device allows the associated computer to boot. A boot image usually includes an operating system
Boot_image
Data recovery technique
networked or other external storage, and then writing those images to other physical disks. The disk image application itself can include an entire operating system
Bare-metal_restore
Deployment automation software
Free and Open-source Ghost), is a suite of software tools for deploying disk images of Microsoft Windows and Linux using the Preboot Execution Environment
FOG_Project
Collection of tools and technologies by Microsoft
help deploy Microsoft Windows operating system images to target computers or to a virtual hard disk image in VHD format. It was first introduced with Windows
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
Windows_Assessment_and_Deployment_Kit
Utility in Mac OS
DiskImageMounter for mounting the images and Disk Utility for creating them. "Disk Copy 4.2" (DC42) is the common name used to refer to disk images of
Disk_Copy
2026 film by Amanda Kramer
Imaginal Disk (sometimes marketed as Magdalena Bay’s Imaginal Disk) is a 2026 American experimental science fiction romantic musical film directed by
Imaginal_Disk_(film)
imagery of planet Earth from outer space started in the 1940s. Initially the images were taken from rockets in suborbital flight, subsequently from satellites
Timeline of first images of Earth from space
Timeline_of_first_images_of_Earth_from_space
Operating system build service
following image formats and booting options: Live CD/DVD / ISO image VMDK (VMware disk image) VirtualBox VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) [Hard] disk image USB image Xen
SUSE_Studio
USB drive software
Linux distributions and Windows installation .iso files, as well as raw disk image files (including compressed ones). If needed, it will install a bootloader
Rufus_(software)
for disk image files. The format supports features such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. Popular Windows disk image
Direct_Access_Archive
Linux distribution
environment. The Raspberry Pi Imager utility was introduced in March 2020 to simplify the installation of a disk image file onto an SD card or other media
Raspberry_Pi_OS
RouterOS images for use in virtual machines and cloud services, called Cloud Hosted Router (CHR), available as a virtual machine disk image for various
RouterOS
File archiver
and WinZip ZIPX archives Windows Cabinet files (.CAB) ISO 9660 optical disk images Unix compress (.Z), gzip, bzip2, lzip, xz, 7z and zstandard compressed
WinRAR
Toolkit for building GUI and command-line based operating systems
environments are supported as well, such as Bochs and Hyper-V. An ISO disk image may also be generated that can be burned to a USB flash drive, CD-ROM
Cosmos_(operating_system)
Computer operating system and associated software
Unmanaged operating environment (UOE) "Standard image" Administrators typically implement SOE as a standard disk image for mass deployment to multiple computers
Standard Operating Environment
Standard_Operating_Environment
Shell command for copying and converting file data
computer systems Disk cloning – Process of duplicating all data on a digital storage drive Disk Copy – Utility in Mac OS Disk image – Computer file with
Dd_(Unix)
Disk imaging utility
Partition-Saving is a disk imaging utility for Linux, Windows and DOS environments that can save disk partitions in one of the several supported disk image formats
Partition-Saving
2016 operating system version
itself. By signing the disk image, the developer can prevent tampering and force an attacker to repackage the files onto a new disk image, requiring a valid
MacOS_Sierra
Software for computer forensics
scan a disk for text strings to use them as a password dictionary to crack encryption. FTK is also associated with a standalone disk imaging program
Forensic_Toolkit
Boot mode on certain Macintosh computers
Target Disk Mode (sometimes referred to as TDM or Target Mode, formerly SCSI Disk Mode) is a boot mode unique to Macintosh computers. When a Mac that supports
Target_Disk_Mode
application speedup moving intensive IO for caches into RAM. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver is a disk image emulator created by Olof Lagerkvist. It is free and open-source
List_of_RAM_drive_software
1986 12-bit professional digital sampler
operating-system upgrades from floppy disk. Akai's final known disk-based release was version 4.0. Its disk image was later preserved and distributed with
Akai_S900
Image Platform Program or Stable IT Platform Program is the name of an initiative introduced by Intel. The idea is that a pre-configured disk image will
Stable_Image_Platform_Program
Commodore 64 floppy disk archive DAA – Closed-format, Windows-only compressed disk image DMG – Macintosh disk image files DMS – a disk-archiving system native
List_of_file_formats
Structure formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body
An accretion disk is a structure (often a circumstellar disk) formed by diffuse material in orbital motion around a massive central body. The central
Accretion_disk
Bootloader suite for Linux operating system
images, that put both the El Torito boot record of the compact discs and the master boot record of hard disks into an ISO image . This hybrid image could
SYSLINUX
Computer storage device with no moving parts
or solid-state disk. Etymologically, "solid-state drive" partly refers to existing data storage devices like tape drives and hard disk drives, which all
Solid-state_drive
Open-source file archiver
archives and cramfs, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, MBR, NTFS, SquashFS, UDF, and VHD disk images. 7-Zip supports the ZIPX format for unpacking only. It has had this support
7-Zip
Tools for accessing virtual disk images
is a C library and a set of tools for accessing and modifying virtual disk images used in platform virtualization. The tools can be used for viewing and
Libguestfs
Software package for Amiga computers
the original disk and written to an image file on the hard drive by the "Imager". Then the installed program can be run from a virtual disk drive with the
WHDLoad
Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows
stand-alone installation within a loopmounted device, also known as a disk image, like Topologilinux does. It is not a Linux distribution of its own, but
Wubi_(software)
common generations of floppy disks (and drives), many other floppy disk formats were developed, either using a different disk design or special layout and
Floppy_disk_variants
Optical disc authoring software
types of digital rights management (DRM). CloneCD can rip discs to create disk image in its own file format, CloneCD Control File (.ccd), which is capable
CloneCD
Linux-based application
called a slot), on Multiboot systems also a multiboot loader. Image is complete disk image. As a record of standard film has gigabyte size, the usual software
Enigma_(DVB)
Software synthesizer
ReBirth Museum Web site was launched and the last desktop version's (2.0.1) disk image was made available as a free download and torrent. Propellerhead Software
ReBirth_RB-338
Data recovery software
and other storage media. It can work with physical devices, logical disks, disk images, as well as RAID-arrays and recovers files that have been accidentally
DMDE
NOAA weather satellite
then was placed into "orbital storage mode" or stand-by. Its first full disk image was sent on 27 July 2009. GOES-14 was brought out of storage and began
GOES_14
Apple disk encryption software
typically includes the home directory, abandoning the disk image approach. For this approach to disk encryption, authorised users' information is loaded
FileVault
Command line utility in Mac OS X
Restore or asr is a command line utility in Mac OS X used to apply a DMG disk image to a selected partition or mount point on a file system. It is often used
Apple_Software_Restore
Microsoft tool for Windows deployment
performed via disk cloning utility. Sysprep can be used to prepare an operating system for disk cloning and restoration via a disk image. Windows operating
Sysprep
Software for cloning discs
FSArchiver is a disk cloning utility for Linux. FSArchiver can save partitions containing different popular file systems to a disk image. It is a continuation
FSArchiver
A floppy disk hardware emulator or semi-virtual diskette (SVD) is a device that emulates a floppy disk drive with a solid state or network storage device
Floppy_disk_hardware_emulator
Data storage device
form, and can be divided into a number of individual virtual floppy disk images using individual data channels. The various writable and re-writable
USB_flash_drive
Live USB bootloader
and open-source software portal List of tools to create bootable USB Disk image Operating system "Release 1.1.17". 24 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026
Ventoy
Topics referred to by the same term
Image for Windows may refer to: Scion Image for Windows, an image processing software TeraByte Unlimited's Image for Windows (disk imaging), a disk imaging
Image_for_Windows
Utility to create live USB systems
operating systems can be loaded via pre-downloaded ISO image or floppy/hard drive disk image files. Automatically detects all removable devices. Supports
UNetbootin
open in Apple's Installer.app. Munki can also install software from disk images. In many cases, Munki can also remove the software it has installed.
Munki_(software)
Topics referred to by the same term
behalf of a merchant Acquisition (forensic process), the creation of a disk image for use in digital forensics Acquisition (linguistic), process by which
Acquisition
Operating system
the operating system as a disk image. The Community Edition is available free of charge for users with up 10 TB of used disk space who deploy the operating
NexentaStor
Complete, bootable computer installation that runs directly from a CD-ROM
to use. Many live CDs are used for data recovery, computer forensics, disk imaging, system recovery and malware removal. The Tails operating system is aimed
Live_CD
Microsoft server technology, 2008 to 2022
Windows Server 2008 and later. However, because WDS uses disk imaging, in particular the Windows Imaging Format (WIM), it could deploy virtually any operating
Windows_Deployment_Services
mount CD ISO images as standard Amiga devices. Supports CD ISO images and disk images such as ADF, DMS, IFS. MountVirtual requires DiskImage. VirtualCD
Amiga_software
Microsoft Windows file manager application
locations in the Library be indexed by the Windows Search service. Local disk locations must be indexed by the local indexer, and Windows Explorer will
File_Explorer
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