# Create an image from a device (PC,Phone...)

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**Category:** Autopsy Online Training\
**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/create-an-image-from-a-device-pc-phone/1034 "2020-04-19T02:04:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![cesard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cesard](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/cesard)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/create-an-image-from-a-device-pc-phone/1034/1 "2020-04-19T02:04:44Z")

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please how can i create an image from my device to use it on autopsy for an investigation?  
kindly regards,

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**Author:** ![SK49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@SK49](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/SK49)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/create-an-image-from-a-device-pc-phone/1034/2 "2020-04-25T05:26:47Z")

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Section 11’s video mentions ADB which is from the Android Developers Kit.  
It has a backup command as well as a pull command, both of which allow you to get data from the device.

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**Author:** ![cesard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@cesard](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/cesard)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/create-an-image-from-a-device-pc-phone/1034/3 "2020-05-09T11:22:48Z")

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Thank you for answer.  
How can we do for an image of personal computer?

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**Author:** ![asparatu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/sleuthkit.discourse.group/asparatu/32/805_2.png) [@asparatu](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/asparatu)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/create-an-image-from-a-device-pc-phone/1034/4 "2020-05-11T01:36:33Z")

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Hello Cesard,

You can use something called dd on linux, Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. The easiest might be dd because you download live linux image to usb. I remember was i visited the Cleveland FBI Cyber Forensics Lab they used dd to do disk image from hard drives.

Shane

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**Author:** ![greatosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@greatosco](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/u/greatosco)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://sleuthkit.discourse.group/t/create-an-image-from-a-device-pc-phone/1034/5 "2020-05-11T09:49:25Z")

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you need Digital Forensics image creating software’s like FTK. Encase, Paladin, ProDiscover etc…for image creation. Autopsy is Digital image analyzer and so far Autopsy is the best Digital image Analyser is the World.