The term has been generalized to cover any such file, whether taken from an actual physical storage device or not.Ī common use of disk images is for remote distribution of software such as Linux distributions: installation CD/DVDs can be recorded as disk image files, transferred over the Internet, and the contents of the original disk(s) duplicated exactly by end users with their own CD/DVD drives. Translation(s): Deutsch - English - Français - Italiano - РусскийĪ disk image is a computer file containing the complete contents and structure of a data storage device.
