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'''Disk Imaging''' is the process of transferring the contents of a physical disk at the file-system layer (ie tracks and sectors) into a file that can be stored on another file system. This is different to simply copying files from one media to another - in which case the storage-format of files are converted from one file system to another.
 
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Disk imaging is typically done to allow [[emulators]] to "see" a game disk through its emulated floppy drive as the disk was originally created, rather than strike potential compatibiity issues by accessing the files from an emulated hard disk.
 
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Compatibility issues arise for many emulated machines (not just Atari) when games are presented to them in a non-original format. This is why games for many emulators (such as [[MAME]] or [[WinUAE]]) are distributed as ''ROM'' images or disk images.
 

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