FF4 Standard Specification</a>, and it is increasing more supported by other tools.</p>
<p>WinPmem by default will use AFF4 to store the memory image, but it is
also possible to write the image in RAW format or ELF format. You
might want to do this if you are going to use the image with tools
that can not read AFF4 natively. However, note that using these
imaging format will cause WinPmem to skip acquisition of multiple
files and metadata making the image harder to use.</p>
<h2 id="why-use-aff4">Why use AFF