Quickstart

How to Dump a Disk Image

It’s very easy to dump any supported media quickly with Aaru! You just have to run aaru media dump <drive> <output image> for the most basic options. If you dump to something that’s not Aaru Image Format (images with the extensions .aaruformat, .aaruf, and .aif), you will also have to add the “-f” option at the end of the command.

Examples (Windows):

aaru media dump E: Image.aaruf

aaru media dump F: Image.iso -f

Examples (Linux):

aaru media dump /dev/sr0 Image.aaruf

aaru media dump /dev/sr1 Image.iso -f

Comparing Between Two Media Dumps

Comparing between media dumps using Aaru is simple! All you have to do is run the command aaru image compare image-1 image-2. Neither of the dumps being compared have to be created by Aaru, they can be any of the supported formats from any software.

Examples (All OS’):

aaru image compare Image1.aaruf Image2.cue

aaru image compare Image1.iso Image2.ccd

Analysing a Media Dump

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Extracting Content From a Media Dump

Aaru can extract the files from any supported media dump, as long as it uses a supported filesystem to store its files. The command for this is “aaru filesystem extract Image Output folder”. You can also add “-x” to the end of the command to extract the more technical extended attributes from an image as well.

Examples:

aaru filesystem extract Image.aaruf Output

aaru filesystem extract Image.ccd Output -x