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WinCDEmu mounts disc images as Windows drives

by Brad Linder on January 2, 2009 at 01:00 PM

There are plenty of apps that let you mount a disc image (like an ISO file) as a virtual drive in Windows. And to be honest, WinCDEmu is just another one of those apps, without too many special features. But the utility is light weight and open source, so it might be worth checking out if you're into those things.

Once you've downloaded and installed WinCDEmu, you can have Windows treat any ISO, CUE, BIN, RAW, IMG, or SMB network share as a hard drive just by double clicking on the file. If another program is already your default utility for mounting images, you'll need to right click on the file and select "open with vmnt" to use WinCDEmu. You can unmount a file by right clicking on the virtual drive letter in Windows Explorer and clicking "eject."

[via gHacks]

Tags: mount, opensource, virtual-drive, vmnt, wincdemu

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Fred ThompsonJan 2nd 2009 3:10PM

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Wish this also did cue for flac/ape/mp3. Daemon Tools does but it doesn't have nice UI interface. Should be context menu simple...

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aJan 2nd 2009 1:53PM

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if this will support windows 7 i'll probably ditch Daemon tools and switch once i reinstall my system.

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MicheleJan 3rd 2009 8:35AM

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it seems to works in windows 7
tested yesterday on my laptop: installed, rebooted 7, and mounted an iso file ^^

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MarkJan 2nd 2009 8:48PM

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I like Alcohol 52% myself.

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ntw1103Jan 3rd 2009 2:57PM

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Me too. I've tried many many programs as my main computer is a tablet, and so far Alcohol 52% is still the best for me :)

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BrentJan 3rd 2009 6:34AM

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FYI: A big issue I had with this software was the lack of an uninstall option.

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Juan AguilarJan 3rd 2009 8:14PM

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Any compelling reason not to use Clone Drive (Virtual Sheep, http://www.elby.ch/fun/software/index.html)?

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AalaapJan 4th 2009 9:05AM

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The only reason I get discouraged from using Daemon Tools is the need to restart Windows after installation. What about this WinCDEmu thing? Do I still have to restart? Lemme see...

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BrianJan 4th 2009 12:05PM

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Trying it on Vista 32, and found a problem: it won't mount any images over a network if you haven't mapped a drive. Says it can't find the file specified.

I was going to leave a message on the SourceForge project page, but the developer hasn't answered any of the other messages, so I didn't bother.

Note I also had to right-click and run as administrator to get the installer to complete successfully.

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