Mount Image Pro Knowledgebase

Mounting RAW and DD Image Files

Mounting Single RAW or DD Image Files

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

Mounting Segmented RAW or DD Image Files

To mount a RAW or DD image that has multiple segments you need 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: