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3. Taking a Disk Image

Wait…what is a disk image and why is important? A disk image is a single file that contains an exact digital replica of a piece of a data storage device, for example a USB, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, or a hard drive. Unlike simply copying files off of a storage device, disk images preserve […]

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2. Photographing the Disks and Accessing BitCurator

External Clues Looking at my workflow, the first stage in my ingest process is to photograph the floppy disk I am working with. The reasoning for photographing the disk in this way is twofold:  It records any useful information that the exterior of the disk may carry, including that which may give a clue about what […]

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