| Developer(s) | Kenneth Bell |
|---|---|
| Initial release | December 6, 2008 |
| Stable release | 0.9 / July 31, 2010 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C# |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | .NET |
| Available in | English |
| License | MIT |
| Website | discutils.codeplex.com |
.NET DiscUtils is an open source .NET software library, hosted on Microsoft's CodePlex site for accessing and manipulating virtual disk images. The library is entirely written in C#, making it suitable for use in low privilege environments.
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A number of utilities for inspecting, converting and modifying virtual disk images are available from the .NET DiscUtils download page. These illustrate how to use the library.
In addition to providing access to file systems within virtual disk images, the library also supports access to registry hives stored on the virtual disk images.
.NET DiscUtils supports several disk image formats, partitioning schemes and Windows file systems.
Note: FAT and FAT32 does not include support for long file names.
.NET DiscUtils supports just the Xen Virtual Appliance (XVA) file format.
.NET DiscUtils is known to be included in the Aeon DOS emulator[1], Sharp IMG Viewer[2] and YANFOE[3].
Alternative methods can achieve similar results in many cases. VMware provides the Virtual Disk Development Kit (VMware VDDK)[4] for managing VMDK files and Microsoft Windows includes native support for modifying the VHD and registry files.