Disk Image

Content definition: Tools that support the preservation digital disk images which are files containing the contents and structure of a disk volume or an entire data storage device, such as a hard drive.

Tools for this content type

		Access, Use and Reuse	Create or Receive (Acquire)	Cross-Lifecycle Functions	Dispose	Ingest	Preservation Action	Preservation Planning	Store
7-Zip	7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio, and encryption and fixity check capabilities		X			X	X		X
AFF Open Source Computer Forensics Software	Tools for the creation of disk images, used in conjunction with the AFF open and extensible file format to store disk images and associated metadata.		X
Aaru Data Preservation Suite	Media dump software and disc image manager		X	X		X			X
Applesauce	Standalone disk image analysis/repair/conversion tool.		X
CyberChef	A forensic tool with workflow capabilities to analyse files and containers	X		X		X	X		X
DiscMaster	Website to browse and search vintage computer files from archive.org			X
Disk2FDI	Disk2FDI is a professional disk imaging software designed to create binary images of floppy disks to the Formatted Disk Image (FDI) file format, as well as sector-based standard formats.		X	X					X
DiskFormatID	Identify floppy disk formats from kryoflux stream files		X			X
Disktype	Tool for detecting the content format of a disk or disk image. It knows about common file systems, partition tables, and boot codes.		X	X		X
FC5025	Device Side Data's FC5025 USB 5.25" floppy controller plugs into any computer's USB port and enables you to attach a 5.25" floppy drive.		X
FTK (Forensic Toolkit)	Forensic Toolkit (AccessData)			X
Filestar	Universal file converter for 900+ file types.			X		X	X
Greaseweazle	Tools for accessing a floppy drive at the raw flux level.		X
Gumshoe	Search interface for metadata extracted from forensic disk images.			X		X
HxC Floppy Emulator toolkit	Provides comprehensive support for working with floppy disk images—importing and converting multiple formats, analyzing streams, creating custom layouts, and performing low-level disk inspections.		X	X			X
IsoBuster	Recover data from CD, DVD, BD, HDD, Flash drive, USB stick, media card, SD and SSD.		X
KryoFlux	Floppy disk controller software that accompanies a KryoFlux drive		X
OSFMount	disk image file mounting		X	X
Optical-media-check	Collates information into a CSV from log files for a batch optical media rip		X
Paranoia	"Use your CDROM drive to read audio tracks.... and have it actually work right!"		X
QPxTool	With QPxTool you can measure the quality of CDs and DVDs.		X
The Carve Path Zero-storage Library and filesystem	LibCarvPath is a library for computer forensics carving tools.			X
The Sleuth Kit	Collection of command line computer forensics digital investigation tools.			X
VMware Player	VMware Player is the easiest way to run multiple operating systems at the same time on your PC.						X
VirtualBox	VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.						X