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Free Utility to Mount an ISO Disk Image from Microsoft
Microsoft has a cubic ton of developers, so it really should be no surprise that they write utilities that help them to be more productive. A lot of these tools, once matured, turn into what Microsoft calls "PowerTools". But there are other, less celebrated tools that can be found in the depths of Microsoft's websites, and this is one of them. Other utilities exist to allow you to mount an ISO disk image as a drive in Windows, and this one is definitely not the sexiest. It is, however, free - and it does its job just fine, thank you. This is the kind of functionality that I wish they would just include in Windows. I don't know if Macs can do this natively, but for some reason I have a sneaking suspicion that if a mainstream OS was to include this functionality, it would be OS X before it would be Windows. And I'm a Windows guy. *sigh* [via digg]
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Subscribe to commentsKeseyAug 15th 2005 11:26PM
I've always found Daemon tools the best for things like this. It will do more than just .iso images as well.
wasternAug 16th 2005 12:28AM
OS X does do this natively. its about time Windows came out with something. I used Daemon tools some, but it if i remember right it sits in your system tray by default which i was not a fan of
cell-gfxAug 16th 2005 12:40AM
I agree with Kesey wholeheartedly. Every time you want to manage the mounts with this tool, you have to run it and use the clunky interface. It doesn't live in the system tray nicely like Daemon Tools!
RevoAug 16th 2005 5:07AM
wow why would you use this? use daemon tools with awxd tools and you'll be set right click any image file daemon tools -> then the virtual cd drive you want to mount it to. Microsoft is very behind
hafaAug 16th 2005 4:32AM
another software from microsoft? thanks but NO thanks.
i'll keep drinking my alcohol and ignore everything else
chakatnsAug 16th 2005 4:57AM
Hahah, it was about time that MS do something like this, but why only ISO? Lamers, always a step behind :(. I, and majority of this world will use d-tools.
chakatnsAug 16th 2005 5:06AM
Hahah, it was about time that MS do something like this, but why only ISO? Lamers, always a step behind :(. I, and majority of this world will use d-tools.
John GreenAug 16th 2005 5:05AM
C'mon. This tool is old and smelly. It's totally useless in comparison to the well known tools that are mentioned before by Kesey.
Andrew StewartAug 16th 2005 5:08AM
I am a fan of Daemon tools because you can basically mount any image file no matter what program created it, and can be handy for incase the burning programs dont support an image, you just mount the image, and fireup your image buring program and do a simple disc clone, it works fine, if this program supports more than -.iso then I might have a look.
PsychAug 16th 2005 12:27PM
i like to use alcohol 120% for this job, it's also a great cd burning program as well
KentAug 16th 2005 5:34AM
I think Apple has had disc mounting since at least OS9.
Daemon Tools is made much more useful by using one of the 3rd party tools that lets you right-click on a file to mount it.
Jos?leAug 16th 2005 10:51AM
I like Daemon Tools because I can load .iso's, .bin and .cue files, etc etc. I play a lot of games on my laptop when I'm sitting around doing nothing, and I've ripped most of the game cd's with CloneCD or Nero and play them directly from the images. Works great!
David RonAug 16th 2005 12:19PM
Linux is more mainstream than OSX when you look at servers in addition to desktops (both of which benefit from this utility), and Linux has this functionality for years.
(Typing from a Linux desktop right now)
Jason ClarkeAug 16th 2005 2:29PM
Fair enough; I probably should have used the term "retail OS" rather than "mainstream OS". By the way, thanks all for the pointers to Daemon Tools.
JinFXAug 16th 2005 9:40PM
wow i am one of only 3 commenters that use alcohol 120%. well thats no surprise cuz u have to (crack/pay for) it
JinFXAug 16th 2005 10:20PM
but when Daemon Pro is out... there will be no competition (i hope
and heres hoping DLSQ will watch out for it!