Mount RAW or DD Images

Mounting Single RAW and DD Image Files

A single RAW or DD image file can be mounted normally using the GUI or Command Line interface.

A segmented RAW or DD image files ending with the extensions .001, .002, .003 etc. can be mounted normally using the GUI or Command Line interface.

Mounting Segmented RAW or DD Image Files using a Descriptor File

If the image segments do NOT have .001, .002, .003 etc. extensions, follow these instructions:

Creating a Descriptor File

The descriptor file is a text file that contains a list of all raw image files that make up the complete image set. The file extension of the descriptor file should always be '.RAW', even though it is a text file. Inside the text file are the ordered list of the file names of the individual files that make up the entire image.

How to Create Your Descriptor File

A descriptor file is a plain text file which simply lists image file names. Blank lines and leading/trailing blanks are allowed and lines starting with # are ignored as comment lines. Any combination of Carriage Return and Line Feed are allowed as new line delimiters.

Relative paths in a descriptor file are resolved first from the current directory, then from the descriptor file's location.

If the size of the described image file is not a multiple of 512, the capacity of the file is rounded down to a multiple of 512 and exceeding area is not used. E.g. if a file is 5200 bytes, it is treated as a 5120 byte file:

Example of a Descriptor File:

# this is a comment line
image01.dat
image02.dat
image03.dat

This file should be saved as "descriptor-file.raw". The file can be saved in any location on your drive. Make sure it contains a valid path to the location of the image segments. The run Mount Image Pro and select the descriptor file as the file to mount.