Mounting ISO images in a virtual CD-ROM drive

[Safin]

hmm.. yes isobuster does it....

and a host of others... but today i was reading some blogs and found that ms itself has an app to do just that. Turns out microsoft has an unsupported app by the name of "Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP" which does just this. It mounts an image and gives it a drive name. Basic interface with no setup instructions.
The tool apparently is not mentioned in the microsoft download search also but finds a mention in msdn faq
Anyway if you wanna still test it then you can do so from

HERE

 

[bottle]

interesting find.. dont have any isos with me at the moment but will try it out

 

[Smith]

works like a charm...it mounted nrg files but failed to play them ..neways...am used to Nero image drive

 

[Smith]

another app that is small and useful is the circle virtual cd.
EDIT: uh-oh...double post :ashamed: ..neways...link for
http://www.boostware.com/hardware/cd-rom/circle_virtual_cd.html]circle virtual cd[/url]

 

[tracerbullet]

Alcohol 120% is easily the best.
After Alcohol loads it's own virtual drive, you don't need to run the program to mount/unmount image files. Rather, you can do it directly through Explorer. Just like this.

 

[Quad Master]

Wow SN Thanks for sharing that info.
Really didnt knew it

 

[Sourabh]

If I am not mistaken the Virtual Cd-rom plugin comes with the Autopatcher Xp.

I personally prefer Daemon tools and find them the best as they support a vast range of formats and is a freeware.

 

[chic_magnet]

ya me too got demon tools... but use alcohol too... both are good enough..

 

[TheBroker]

Daemon Tools for me to load my images hyeah: also a small download ...easy 4 every1

 

[~HeadShot~]

The Daemon Tools are also very flexible in nature.... in terms of customization!
1 more app worthy of mention is Virtual CD (http://www.virtualcd-online.com).

BTW, great find SN! :hap2:

 

[KHUBBU]

I use Daemon tools. It really easy to use it and u dont have to run the program in background. Suggested evryone in my hostel.

 

[Quad Master]

I use Alcohol as Virtual Drive , it handle all sort of images.

I have also used Daemon Tools but still like Alcohol over it.