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Compressed disk image on Linux

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Mar 15, 20263978 views
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I just got my new computer with a much bigger harddisk. I think I copied all important files over but just to be sure, I'd like to keep a disk image of my old disk. To save space, I'd like to compress it but I didn't find an option to mount a compressed image. My goals: Result must be easy to acces…

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Fix for: Compressed disk image on Linux

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Use a forensic analysis software like GUYMAGER (open source, sourceforge.net). It has a nice UI which allows to quickly create a compressed disk image of an entire hard disk. Use "Advanced forensic image (.aff)" This creates a single, compressed fil…

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