{"id":3193,"date":"2019-02-28T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T09:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.atola.com\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:37:04","slug":"atola-insight-forensic-4-12-image-file-located-on-source-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atola.com\/blog\/atola-insight-forensic-4-12-image-file-located-on-source-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Atola Insight Forensic 4.12 – Image file located on source drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

We have just released Atola Insight Forensic 4.12 with Image file on source drive, automatic exFAT partition creation with performance-optimized parameters, hidden Smartware area detection for WD USB drives and other new exciting features!<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Image File on Source<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is a new source type in Atola Insight Forensic that you can image.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Say, there is a 10 TB hard drive, and an E01 file stored on it only takes up 500 GB of the space. Therefore one would need a 20-hour-long imaging session to image a file that only requires 1 hour or 20 times less!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If you have an image file on a drive with a capacity that considerably exceeds the size of the image file, it can take an excessively long time to image a small amount of data.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Atola Insight Forensic: Atola Volume D<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

To help you expedite imaging of such files, Atola Insight Forensic is now equipped with new Image File on Source <\/em>device type.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

To Select the file on source drive that you want to image:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

1. Click Source\u00a0<\/em>in the top-level menu of Insight and click Select Source<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Click Select image file on source <\/em>link in Source device selection <\/em>window<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. In Select Image File<\/em> window, click the file you want to image and then click Select <\/em>button.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Atola Insight Forensic: Selecting file<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. Insight takes a few<\/g> seconds validating the file to make sure that it is not corrupt. Once validation is over, the file appears as the source. You can review the file details.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Atola Insight Forensic: File details<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Then you can proceed with imaging as usual.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Atola Insight Forensic: Imaging<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Other great updates to Atola Insight Forensic include:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New Features<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

New source type:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n