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subwayfox

05-27-2009, 05:38 AM

Easy way to mount .iso files in windows XP??

I want to mount a couple linux .iso 's I have. Any have a free app to do this?

Free is a must
Open Source is preferable

Thanks in advance

tamtamg

05-27-2009, 07:01 AM

daemon tools

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads

computoman

05-27-2009, 07:31 AM

Easy way to mount .iso files in windows XP??

I want to mount a couple linux .iso 's I have. Any have a free app to do this?

Free is a must
Open Source is preferable

Thanks in advance

I used one I really liked back when I was in IT several years back, but the name escapes now. I did find this one with a quick search, I no longer is Microsoft products except when I am fixing client machines.

http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-history.htm

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=xp+automount+iso+file&fp=JAt7nNrK6Bs

tokenuser

05-27-2009, 12:34 PM

PowerISO

computoman

05-27-2009, 03:16 PM

http://www.poweriso.com/

subwayfox

05-27-2009, 04:16 PM

Thanks Tokin'

I will check out powerISO

tokenuser

05-27-2009, 05:29 PM

I also used a MS supplied driver to mount ISOs in the past, but I can't find it.

PowerISO is pretty good. Altough it does come at a price. If I condoned software piracy I would point you at any number of cracked versions you can find online.

I have to ask though - why do you want to mount linux ISOs in XP?

windshield

05-27-2009, 11:23 PM

VirtualCloneDrive works great to mount images and is free. Although it can't burn or copy.

trunolimit

05-28-2009, 12:08 AM

I get weird problems when using virual drives. my normal drive sometimes doesn't work properly so I just unpack the iso using winrar. its free and you don't need to install any virtual drives. this works if your just using the iso to install some software off of it.

dark_shroud

05-28-2009, 04:05 AM

daemon tools

http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/downloads

+1 for Daemon Tools. This is the defacto virtual drive software for Windows. And they have a free version that is updated along side the paid version. It just limits you to 4 drives.

PowerISO is not free. If you feel like paying for ISO software than check out UltraISO or Alcohol 120% first. MagicISO does not appear to be free either.

xcorvis

05-29-2009, 01:07 AM

I also use VirtualCloneDrive. It's been pretty good, but I don't ask much of it.

soccy

05-29-2009, 07:21 AM

Get your Virtual Clone Drive at this link -> http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

loads up even DVD iso... totally works.
and Free is the best part of the whole software.

trunolimit

05-29-2009, 08:51 PM

squa7ch

06-09-2009, 11:47 AM

Alcohol 120%, Daemon Tools, PowerISO, to name a few...

skunkape

06-10-2009, 04:03 AM

Easy way to mount .iso files in windows XP??

I want to mount a couple linux .iso 's I have. Any have a free app to do this?

Free is a must
Open Source is preferable

Thanks in advance

Daemon tools is the one you want, for sure. Freeware.....

davmoo

06-10-2009, 04:34 PM

MagicISO does not appear to be free either.

MagicISO is indeed not free. However, their very simple MagicDisc is. It does not copy or convert or anything else, it simply allows you to mount an ISO. I've used it for so long I can't remember how long I've used it. Works great.

forone

06-11-2009, 09:43 PM

My objective was to overcome some stuttering playing DVD over 11g wi-fi on a little netbook. Mounting an .ISO as a virtual drive and playing it with VLC or WMP is flawless. Daemon Tools is elegant, light on resources (about 14 meg) and doesn't have to run at all if nothing is mounted. It's integrated into Windows Explorer. On install you have to avoid some of those tacky "use our toolbar, use our search box, etc." options - just stay awake to uncheck them. There are paid versions for more tricks that I don't need.

phogan

06-11-2009, 09:58 PM

I personally like Deamon Tools. The only problem with the lite version is you have opt-out of installing their browser toolbar and setting them as your home page.
Alcohol 120% only comes as a 15 day trial, but they do have a free version called Alcohol 52% Free Edition which is basically just the virtual drive and their disc protection database.

samureye

06-12-2009, 12:57 AM

UltraISO for me. I find with Alcohol and PowerISO, among others, it's really tedious to mount and unmount. There was one I installed that put in a big menu bar on desktop, Daemon I believe and othersputting icons in the tray. Ultra ISO is perfect - after install there is a virtual drive in My Computer, just right click on drive or iso to mount or unmount, without need of running a program, as with Alcohol, though I do like Alco.

samureye

06-12-2009, 01:53 AM

Ha, check out Episode 92 that just came out, this (http://revision3.com/tekzilla/wincdemu.sysprogs.org) may be of use.

dark_shroud

06-14-2009, 07:13 AM

MagicISO is indeed not free. However, their very simple MagicDisc is. It does not copy or convert or anything else, it simply allows you to mount an ISO. I've used it for so long I can't remember how long I've used it. Works great.
Thanks I'll check it out.

UltraISO for me. I find with Alcohol and PowerISO, among others, it's really tedious to mount and unmount. There was one I installed that put in a big menu bar on desktop, Daemon I believe and othersputting icons in the tray. Ultra ISO is perfect - after install there is a virtual drive in My Computer, just right click on drive or iso to mount or unmount, without need of running a program, as with Alcohol, though I do like Alco.

Before Daemon Tools I used Alcohol 120%, great tool set but overly complicated and not a lot of updates for the price. I do like Ultra ISO. I remember when it used to use Daemon Tools for virtual drives. Now that it does that on it's own the only issue I have is that it does not (last I checked) let me use Imgburn to burn discs. I don't mind using CloneCD but I would like to use some of the popular free software and not paid software for everything.

carlf-

06-14-2009, 01:24 PM

Ha, check out Episode 92 that just came out, this (http://revision3.com/tekzilla/wincdemu.sysprogs.org) may be of use.

I think this link will work a lot better: http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/

masterevilace

06-17-2009, 12:29 AM

+1 for Daemon Tools. This is the defacto virtual drive software for Windows. And they have a free version that is updated along side the paid version. It just limits you to 4 drives.

PowerISO is not free. If you feel like paying for ISO software than check out UltraISO or Alcohol 120% first. MagicISO does not appear to be free either.
DaemonTools++;

The lite version of daemon tools is all you need. I registered my image file extensions with daemon tools so all I have to do is double click on the ISO file to mount it. To unmount it, I right click the virtual drive and select "EJECT"

Don't have to deal with any applications.