1. A method for servicing, by a computer, an image in an offline state, said image having a file-based image format, said method comprising: mapping the contents of the image to a directory with a file system filter driver; providing access to the contents of the image via a file access application; and displaying the contents of the image mapped to the directory for review by a user utilizing the file access application, wherein the file system filter driver monitors and intercepts calls from the file access application to the file system of the directory where the image is mapped, said file system filter driver thereby providing access to the contents of the image in a hierarchal directory structure without modification of the file access application.