Virtualization Disk image
a hard disk image interpreted virtual machine monitor system hard disk drive. administrators , software developers administer them through offline operations using built-in or third-party tools. in terms of naming, hard disk image virtual machine monitor has specific file type extension, e.g., .vmdk vmware vmdk, .vhd xen , microsoft hyper-v, .vdi oracle vm virtualbox, etc.. hard drive imaging used in several major application areas: forensic imaging or acquisition process entire drive contents imaged file , checksum values calculated verify integrity (in court cases) of image file (often referred hash value ). forensic images acquired use of software tools. (some hardware cloning tools have added forensic functionality.) drive cloning, mentioned, typically used replicate contents of hard drive use in system. can typically done software-only programs typically requires cloning of file structure , files themselves. data recovery imaging (like forensic imaging) process of imaging every s...