button mounts the selected image or disk and uses the Mount Image Pro Version 4 Filesystem Driver (not Microsoft windows) to display the filesystem.Mount Image Pro™ Version 4 - English
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The button mounts the selected image or disk and uses the Mount Image Pro Version 4 Filesystem Driver (not Microsoft windows) to display the filesystem.
Compatible Image Files / Devices
It is possible to use the "Mount Filesystem" with any image file or device that contains a filesystem (currently supports FAT, NTFS, HFS, [EXT coming soon]).
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Image Files and Devices |
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Image of Physical Drive |
Yes |
Yes |
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Image of Logical Drive |
Yes |
Yes |
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Logical Image File (.ad1, .l01) |
No |
Yes |
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Physical device (e.g. connected HDD) |
No |
Yes |
Reasons to use "Mount Filesystem"
The choice between "Mount Disk" and "Mount Filesystem" depends on the objectives of the user. The attributes of both methods are summarized in the following table:
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Mounting Method |
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Display deleted files |
No |
Yes |
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Display unallocated clusters as a file |
No |
Yes |
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Display Windows system files (MFT, FAT, VBR etc) |
No |
Yes |
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Existing Windows security settings apply |
Yes |
No |
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26 image file limit (available drive letters) |
Yes |
No |
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Access entire physical drive with 3rd party tools |
Yes |
No |
| Note that it is possible to separately mount the same image using Mount Disk and Mount Filesystem at the same time | ||
| + Compare the results in Windows Explorer of the same image mounted using "Mount Disk" and "Mount Filesystem". |
The Mount Filesystem option provides file access to additional files, including:
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FAT1: |
The first copy of the File Allocation Table on FAT formatted drive |
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FAT2: |
The second copy of the File Allocation Table on a FAT formatted drive |
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Freespace on FAT 16 volume: |
Unallocated clusters on a FAT drive |
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Free Space on NTFS volume: |
Unallocated clusters on an NTFS partition |
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Lost and Found: |
When the parent folder of sub folder or file can no longer be located (for example, when a parent folder has been moved after deletion of its contents) it is placed in the "Lost and Found" folder. |
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VAT16 VBR: |
The Volume Boot Record on a FAT formatted drive. |
How to "Mount Filesystem" using the GUI
Run Mount Image Pro Version 4:
Select the FILE / MOUNT in the main program screen, or click the 
button;
In the device selection window, click 
to add and select the required image file.
Once the required image is selected, press the button to display the following screen:.
A disk letter, e.g. G:\ is assigned as a container to hold mounted file systems (Note: you can mount any number of Filesystems from different image files under the one drive letter).
To New Disk:
Allocates a new drive letter to hold the mounted filesystem:
"First Available" gives the next available drive letter to the image, for example if drive C:, D: and E: already exist, the image file with be given the next available drive letter F:, or,
use the drop down arrow to select the disk which you would like to hold the filesystem being mounted, e.g. drive T:
To Existing Disk
To add a new filesystem to an existing disk container, tick the "To Existing Disk" box and then select the required disk from the drop down list. The file system will then be mounted to the selected drive container.
Disk Label
When the disk letter, (e.g. T:\) to hold a mounted filesystem/s is first assigned it can be given a volume label so that it can be easily identified in Windows Explorer. The disk label cannot be changed when adding additional file systems to the same disk.
