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Use this tag for questions related with DiskImage, a tool to backup and restore partitions, entire harddisks, usb keys, floppy drives and (read-only) optical media on windows platforms.

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How can I add/write files to a .img binary file (created with dd and has ext3 as fs)?

I have a bit of a trouble trying to add/write files to a .img raw disk file created with dd and which has a ext3 filesystem. I know I could use mount/fusermount but I would like to avoid this and use other methods. Any ideas are welcomed! Thank you!
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Makefile Target Dependency on Whether Target Already Exists

I am trying to write a Makefile whose targets depend on the existence of a disk file. The disk file itself merely needs to be created; it does not depend on any other actions that may update it. If I do not give it any dependencies, the file is…
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RW-access to PhysicalDriveX as regular user

I have a utility to create and restore copies of flash disks. Im using CreateFile("\\.\PhysicalDriveX", ...) for this inclusive locking and unmounting the current volumes on this device. It is focused on windows 7 and I'm using .Net4.0 and C# for…
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How do backup apps which create a system image handle disk changes during the image creation process?

I created a backup disk image of my disk yesterday and the software told me to close all Windows programs to make sure the process finishes successfully. I did that, but I was wondering what happens when some program does write to the disk…
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capture and upload, download and mount disc images (ISO)

I have a intranet PHP application and i would like to give the user the option to: -> insert a cd/dvd into the drive -> click the "Copy disk to application button" that will create a disk image (ISO or simular) file and upload it to the…
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Chef and Linode - How to create base image for chef on linode?

My team has become increasingly dissatisfied with our current hosting provider, Rackspace, and we are researching alternative providers. The Chief Technology Officer really would like to go with Linode, and I am busy setting a base box for future…
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OSX - use dmg as remote drive?

going to install Mountain Lion OSX to multiple iMacs, to reduce the internet usage and get faster instalation id like to instal it from local source - already downloaded the instaler to one machine and extracted the DMG from installer now - is there…
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Statistics on the usage of virtual block devices in Xen

There are typically three types of virtual block devices supported by virtualization environments such as Xen. They are, file based disk images, logical volume manager(LVM) based disk spaces, and physical partitions. I know that file base disk image…
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Downloading VM from VMWare ESX to VMWare player, preserving thin storage format

I'm using ESX 4.1 and want to download VM's to run on VMWare Player (v3.1.3). I'm able to download and run them, but the space on the virtual disk files, which are in "thin format" expands to the full provisioned storage size. How do I make the…
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What is difference between disk imaging and copy?

In digital forensics, analyst do disk imaging to collect information before analysis. Then why they don't use 'copy'? What is difference between disk imaging and copy?
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ubuntu user is missing when creating an image with diskimage-builder (xenial cloud image as base)

I have tried to create a ubuntu new image using diskimage-builder v1.19.0 but I fail to log into this image using ssh with keys. This only happens when I take the base image from: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/ ssh 10.68.32.164 debug1:…
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How to copy file from disk image?

I'm working in C right now and I'm reading a disk image that uses the FAT12 system. In the command line, I accept the name of a file to copy from the disk image to the local folder. Here's my question, when I'm traversing through all the bytes that…
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How to clone VHD of Hyper V 2012 through Vbscript ?

I am trying to clone a VHD file of Hyper V 2012 using wim image and diskpart commands. I am facing an issue in this as VHD of Hyper V 2012 contains 2 partitions. One for system reserved and second for data.I am creating wim image of data partition…
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How to fopen() a .IMA file?

I'm working in C and trying to read a file system image (eg: name.IMA) and I need it in binary form because I need to read it byte by byte. What is the correct way to read these type of files in C? The below does not work: FILE *filePointer =…
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Hash Calculation of a single file within disk image

I have got an assignment to calculate hash of a file from its disk image and then match it with simple pdf version hash. I have calculated starting and ending addresses of file from data section of FAT32 following FAT table linked list…
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