.NET DiscUtils

.NET DiscUtils
Developer(s)	Kenneth Bell
Initial release	December 6, 2008 (2008-12-06)
Stable release	0.10 / December 17, 2011 (2011-12-17)
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.

Sample utilities

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.

Registry support

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.

Format support

.NET DiscUtils supports several disk image formats, partitioning schemes and Windows file systems.

Disk image file formats

VHD
VMDK
VDI
ISO
UDF
SDI
WIM
Raw disk images (IMA, IMG, VFD, FLP, DD)

Partition schemes

File systems

Note: FAT and FAT32 does not include support for long file names.

Virtual appliance formats

.NET DiscUtils supports just the Xen Virtual Appliance (XVA) file format.

Uses

.NET DiscUtils is known to be included in the Aeon DOS emulator,^[1] Sharp IMG Viewer^[2] and YANFOE.^[3] Citrix XenCenter ^[4]

Alternatives

Alternative methods can achieve similar results in many cases. VMware provides the Virtual Disk Development Kit (VMware VDDK)^[5] for managing VMDK files and Microsoft Windows includes native support for modifying the VHD and registry files.

References

External links

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