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X-Ways Imager

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From 6.17 CHF/mo Windows
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Spec score 7.0 #27 of 30 in Digital Forensics Software

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Purpose
X-Ways Imager is a forensic disk imaging tool and a stripped-down version of X-Ways Forensics focused on imaging functionality.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Intended users
The maker describes its software as serving computer forensics, electronic discovery, data recovery, low-level data processing, and IT security.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Privacy
The maker says it does not forward recorded website visitor data to servers outside the European Union, with a stated exception involving customers who received Oracle's OutsideIn component.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Support
The maker lists general or technical inquiries by email and says to check the program help or user manual first.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Headquarters
Bünde, GermanyRead 28 Sep 2026 · x-ways.net
Compression
Its compression algorithms offer adjustable trade-offs between speed and compression rate and avoid heavily compressing nearly incompressible data.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Damaged drives
Raw images can be filled backwards to work around severely damaged drives that freeze or crash the computer at a particular sector.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Disk operations
It can image or clone entire physical disks or individual partitions sector-wise, create raw images or .e01 evidence files, restore images, and compute hashes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Download access
The maker provides download instructions and login credentials through its license database to customers who have access to updates.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Integration
The maker describes X-Ways Imager as an add-on for F-Response that can image remote disks and dump remote RAM.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Limits
The product cannot create evidence file containers, skeleton images, or cleansed images; almost all other X-Ways Forensics functions are unavailable.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Portable use
It can run directly from a USB device without installation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
RAID
It can reconstruct disk-based RAID variants including JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 5, and RAID 6 from physical storage devices when the correct parameters are known.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Space handling
It can optionally omit free drive space, and images can let X-Ways Forensics treat originally zeroed disk areas as sparse.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
Special areas
Detection and acquisition of HPA or DCO areas are supported.Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net

Plans and prices

X-Ways Imager non-perpetual license 74 CHF a year The order page labels it non-perpetual; the page does not state a billing interval. Works with BYOD for immediate use · listed quantity prices: 2+ Fr.74, 5+ Fr.66, 10+ Fr.59 Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net
X-Ways Imager perpetual license 157 CHF, paid once Perpetual license for long-term use, with BYOD. Listed quantity prices: 2+ Fr.157, 5+ Fr.125, 10+ Fr.115 Read 8 Oct 2026 · x-ways.net

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