{"id":237,"slug":"disk-image","name":"Disk image","short_description":"A disk image is a snapshot of a storage device's structure and mostly stored in (a) computer file(s) on another storage device.","url":"https://github.com/topics/disk-image","github_count":203,"created_by":null,"logo_url":null,"released":null,"wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_image","related_topics":[],"aliases":[],"github_url":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eA disk image is a snapshot of a storage device’s structure and data typically stored in one or more computer files on another storage device. Traditionally, disk images were bit-by-bit copies of every sector on a hard disk often created for digital forensic purposes, but it is now common to only copy allocated data to reduce storage space.\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:37:31.673Z","updated_at":"2026-06-11T00:08:25.238Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/disk-image","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/disk-image","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=disk-image","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=disk-image"}