Requirements¶
Native (Live) Acquisition — LLIMAGER-win¶
- A local admin password for the Windows computer to be imaged.
- LLIMAGER-win USB disk: containing a copy of the imager executable (
LLIMAGERW.exe) and the required license file (llimagerw.lic), both in folder "llimagerw". - Destination USB disk: external disks formatted with exFAT are recommended, for compatibility across operating systems. Any Windows-writable partition format will work.
Storage Requirements Reference Table (E01 images)¶
| Source Disk Size | Source Space Used | Min. Destination Size |
|---|---|---|
| 500 GB | 50 GB | 55 GB |
| 500 GB | 400 GB | 440 GB |
| 2 TB | 120 GB | 132 GB |
The destination disk should have free space equal to or greater than the source device's used space plus 10%.
Note: the used space on this table above includes data sitting on the unallocated space, as E01 images included the unallocated. DD images will need the entire source disk size.
Dead-Box Acquisition — LLIMAGER Linux (Ventoy Boot)¶
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The same LLIMAGER-win USB drive, prepared with Ventoy, containing the bootable Debian live ISO.
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The target machine must support booting from external USB media (with UEFI boot enabled; Secure Boot may need to be temporarily disabled depending on the hardware — see Troubleshooting). In some cases, notably on newer computers, disabling Secure Boot when using BitLocker triggers a screen asking for the recovery key before booting (even when the system disk is not being used to boot). In those cases, performing a live image of the entire system disk is the next best solution.
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Destination USB disk — same sizing guidance as above.
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An external USB mouse (and keyboard, if applicable) is required when imaging T2-equipped Intel Macs in the dead-box environment, due to hardware-level input blocking during external boot.
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A valid license file (
llimagerw.lic), matching one of the three license types described in Licensing — Trial, Portal-Trial, or Standard. Your license type determines which Home screen modules are available. Licence should be placed inside folder "llimagerw".