Symantec Corporation

Jonathan P Richey

Kevin J Turpin

Michael R Steed

A local imager () copies each allocation unit () occupied by a file () of a file system () to a locally-stored image file () within the same partition () as the file system (). The allocation units () may be compressed as they are copied, resulting in a locally-stored image file () that occupies fewer allocation units () than the original file system (). In addition, the local imager () adds a directory map () to the locally-stored image file () that associates copied allocation units () in the locally-stored image file () with names of corresponding files () from the file system ().

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Springville, UT, United States of America

Jonathan P Richey