damaged_mft wrote:
note: The EASEUS file is 5% smaller than the .bin image created by DMDE. So either the EASEUS file is compressed, or the non-allocated space has been left out. If it is compressed, then it might contain all the original bytes after all.
Yes, both are likely possibilities, though normally a compressed image would have a higher compression rate, and the 5% should mean (in the case of a skipped-unallocated) that the disk was at the time almost full to the brim.
It is also possible that it is a "skipped-unallocated" with some form of header/metadata.
But in any of the three cases restoring the image is the most sensible thing to do. (when you will have available a suitable media).
jaclaz
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