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	Monolithic disk image files
	Monolithic image is the simplest of the types available. It is just a simple sector-by-sector copy of the disk contents, which is created if you leave both "Split image.." and "Compress.." disabled. The image file size is equal to that of the device. The following considerations apply: The image file cannot be larger than 2GB on a FAT16 filesystem, or 4GB on a FAT32 filesystem. Hence, storing the monolithic image on a FAT volume is impractical. If the disk is only partially filled, the compression may reduce the disk image size greatly because the unused part of the disk is filled with zeros (contiguous runs of zeros can obviously be compressed quite well).

	Split disk image files
	Zlon is capable of splitting the image file so that no part exceeds predetermined size. If the compression is not used, the monolithic disk image can be recombined from the parts by using an old fashioned "copy" command (at the command prompt type "copy /?" for more details, or check the example below). C:\Test>copy /b image.dsk.000 + image.dsk.001 + image.dsk.002 monolithic.dsk image.dsk.000 image.dsk.001 image.dsk.002 1 file(s) copied.

	Disk image file compression
	Zlon can use zlib compression library to reduce size of the resulting image file. Due to the fact that no accepted standard on the compressed disk image file exists, you will have to use Zlon to deploy the compressed image files. These image files cannot be used with any other software. Using compression will result in higher CPU loads and may slow down the processing considerably.

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