We have completed testing our disk image software on Windows 11 and do not find any compatibility issues. It supports both 32bit and 64bit operating systems. Which operating systems are supported?Ĭurrently, DataNumen Disk Image supports Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019. But you may encounter issues when restoring it. The image file size will be smaller than a bit-identical image. It only contains user files and meta data of the operating system. Some other tools have the function to create a file-based image.
When the device’s data change, the disk image file size will be the same as long as you create the image file for the same device. It will contain the data of the used spaces, as well as the free spaces. So it is an exact copy of the entire disk or drive. Yes, our tool will create a bit-identical image of the physical disk or drive. If there are a lot of free disk spaces on the device, will you also copy them to the image file? For example, if you have 100 computers and you want to clone the hard disk on the first computer to those on all other computers, it is better to use the indirect copy method.
However, you cannot use this method to make a massive copy. Then it copies the data from the disk image file to the target device.ĭirect copy is fast. The software copies the data from the source device to a disk image file. The software copies the data from the source device to the target device directly. What is the difference between disk imaging and disk cloning?ĭisk imaging will copy the storage device’s data to a single file, called disk image file.ĭisk cloning (also called disk duplication) will copy the storage device’s data to another storage device. Nowadays people use it for all kinds of media and devices, from traditional storage media such as optical media, hard disk drive, to the latest storage media, such as solid state drive and Blu-ray. It became more popular when floppy disks appeared. In the 1960s, people used it to back up mainframe disk to magnetic tape. And it is easy to manage as a single file. The disk image contains everything on the device, including all files, the file system and operating system meta data, etc. The storage device can be a hard disk drive, solid state drive, floppy disk, USB flash drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, and any other devices that can store data. And some formats may compress the data to decrease the file size. may contain some meta data, other than the copy of the device. Some formats, such as ISO image format, Nero NRG image format, Apple DMG image format, etc. A disk image file is usually an exact copy of a storage device.
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