Disk Image Formats

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See also [[ROM and memory images]] for images of memory, and [[Floppy disk]]s for the physical floppies.
 
See also [[ROM and memory images]] for images of memory, and [[Floppy disk]]s for the physical floppies.
  
* raw IMG (ie, created with dd)
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==Floppy Disk Image Formats==
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Images created directly from floppy disks.
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===Generic Sector Images===
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* raw [[IMG]] (ie, created with dd)
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* [[TD0]] (TeleDisk)
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* [[Akai Disk Format]]
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* [[FDI]] (Formatted Disk Image)
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* [[ADF (Amiga)]] Amiga ADF image
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* [[DMS]] Amiga DiskMasher compressed image
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* [[ADF (Acorn)]] Acorn Archimedes Disk Image
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* [[Disk Copy 4.2]]  (Apple)
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* [[DART]] (Apple)
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* [[Disk Copy 6]] (Apple)
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===Physical (Hardware) Images===
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* [[IPF]] (Software Preservation Society image format)
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* [[DRAFT]] (Also from Software Preservation Society, intermediate format)
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==Optical Disc Image Formats==
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CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BluRay, GD-ROM etc.
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* [[CloneCD Control File]] (.ccd, .img, .sub)
 
* [[CloneCD Control File]] (.ccd, .img, .sub)
 
* [[CUE and BIN]]
 
* [[CUE and BIN]]
 
* [[ISZ]]
 
* [[ISZ]]
 
* [[MDF and MDS]]
 
* [[MDF and MDS]]
* [[NRG]]
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* [[NRG]] (Nero Burning ROM)
* [[Akai Disk Format]]
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* [[CDI]] (Disc Juggler)
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* [[BWI]] (BlindWrite Image File)
  
Apple formats:
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* [[DMG]] (Apple)
  
* [[Disk Copy 4.2]]
 
* [[DART]]
 
* [[Disk Copy 6]]
 
* [[DMG]]
 
  
Forensics formats:
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==Forensics formats==
 
* Expert Witness (i.e. EnCase)
 
* Expert Witness (i.e. EnCase)
 
* Advanced Forensics Format (AFF)
 
* Advanced Forensics Format (AFF)
  
 
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==Tools==
Tools:
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* [[The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy]] can read raw, Expert Witness, and AFF formats
 
* [[The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy]] can read raw, Expert Witness, and AFF formats

Revision as of 22:07, 6 November 2012

File Formats > Electronic File Formats > Disk Image Formats

File systems and other file formats described on this page's parent page describe entities that exist on disks as they would normally used.

However, there are also file formats that allow a physical disk to be "imaged" into a file, either to re-copied onto a physical disk later, or else used by an *emulator* of the computer system that would have originally.

These file formats represent a data image of one of the physical floppy disk formats. In addition to the raw data from the disk, these formats may contain metadata that the corresponding emulator environment uses to correctly access the data.

Typically, when archiving a physical disk for later use, a physical disk will be imaged into one of these file formats. Sub-pages of this page should contain information on the format itself as well as instructions on how to extract a physical disk into that disk image format, including information about what physical drives are required, what software to use and how and what OS that is run under.

See also ROM and memory images for images of memory, and Floppy disks for the physical floppies.

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Floppy Disk Image Formats

Images created directly from floppy disks.

Generic Sector Images

Physical (Hardware) Images

  • IPF (Software Preservation Society image format)
  • DRAFT (Also from Software Preservation Society, intermediate format)


Optical Disc Image Formats

CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BluRay, GD-ROM etc.


Forensics formats

  • Expert Witness (i.e. EnCase)
  • Advanced Forensics Format (AFF)

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