Logical imaging

Preview, select or deselect partition

To preview the partition contents, double-click its name on the Partition selection tab. The separate Partition tab opens, displaying the partition folder structure and file list.

The partition preview, displaying the folder structure and file list.

Important: By default, all files from all partitions are selected for logical imaging.

To exclude a partition:

1. On the Filters panel, click the Include link at the top.
2. Select Partitions from the list.
3. Clear the checkboxes next to the partitions you want to exclude.

The partitions filter.

To include a partition again, select the checkbox.

Your selection is saved automatically.

Preview folder, manually include or exclude folders and files

The Partition tab displays the partition folder structure and the file list.

Manually selecting folders and files for logical imaging.

• To preview a folder's contents, click the folder name in the folder tree.
• To manually include a folder or file for imaging, click the checkbox next to its name. The folder or file appears on the Filters panel on the right as manually selected.
• To manually exclude a folder or file from the selection, clear its checkbox or use the x icon on the Filters panel on the right. The folder or file disappears from the panel.
• To deselect all the selected folders and files, click the Clear link at the bottom of the Filters panel.

Filtering folders and files

To automatically include or exclude specific files or folders:

1. On the Filters panel, click the Include or Exclude link at the top.
2. Select Folders or Files from the list that appears.

3. The respective section on the Filters panel appears. In that section, select one of the predefined options from the list:
   1. For folders:
   • OS folders
   • User folders
   • Custom folders – Filter folders using user-defined patterns with wildcard support. Use wildcards to match multiple folders at once (for example, */temp for all temp subdirectories, or backup_202?_* for dated backup folders).
   
   2. For files:
   • Archives
   • Audio
   • Databases
   • Documents
   • Emails
   • Financial
   • Pictures
   • Security keys
   • Videos
   • Virtual machines
   • Custom files – Filter files using user-defined patterns with wildcard support. Use wildcards to match multiple files at once (for example, *.log for all log files, report_*.pdf for numbered reports, or data_202?_*.csv for yearly data files).
   

Additional filtering parameters

You can also include or exclude specific files or folders meeting one or more of the following parameters:

• Date accessed
• Date created
• Date modified
• First bytes
• Hash
• Size

To apply additional filtering parameters, do the following:

1. On the Filters panel, click the Include or Exclude link at the top.
2. Select an additional filtering parameter from the list that appears.
3. The respective section on the Filters panel appears. In that section, enter a value for a filtering parameter.

Save filtering settings as a preset

To reuse your filtering settings later or share them with your colleague, save them as a logical imaging preset in JSON format:

1. On the Filters panel, click the Export link at the top.
2. Enter the name for your preset and click Save.

To apply an existing filter preset, use the Import link at the top of the Filters panel.

Pause and Resume

Insight lets you pause any logical imaging session and resume it later.

This feature could be helpful when you need to:

• Turn off your equipment and leave the lab for a night, or
• Continue a logical imaging process at a different location

Pause: While the logical imaging process is running, click the Pause button on the left.

Resume: In the Sidebar, click Logical, find your paused session and click the Resume button.

Resuming the paused logical imaging session.