disk image

noun

: a compressed copy of the contents (such as installed programs, settings, and other data) of an optical disc, hard drive, or other digital storage device

By developing and using a standard disk image, information technology managers don't have to separately install all of a PC's programs. The disk image is copied onto each new PC's disk drive, and it's ready to go.—

Shawn McCarthy

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The seller will provide a disk image of a Windows 95 OSR 2.5 install (also sometimes known as Windows 95 C) in the ancient Norton Ghost format. —

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024 Microsoft made a downloadable ISO disk image file for the beta Insider version available for installing Windows 11, allowing in-place upgrades or clean installations on a PC or in a virtual machine. —

PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024 This frequently entails effectively shipping a complete computer disk image. —

IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024