How to Mount an ISO File - Discussion

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Great article Ian, and Virtual Clone Drive (yes its retail - and worth it) is good software , i do like the easy burn (ISO) in Windows 7 very handy as is Ian's article.

Thanks Ian

Glad you like it Veedaz The Virtual Clone Drive software (standalone) is currently freeware, but the more advanced CloneDVD/AnyDVD software is retail.

My current preference is VCD as it's quite unintrusive and works well. A great little utility

Excellent stuff. I was hunting for such software to mount ISO's only yesterday and just spotted this article. Many thanks Ian

I've been using MagicDisc for years. Great program.

What's the difference between this and a virtual machine?

Mounting an image file will allow you to access the data as if it was a drive on your PC. An ISO file is a single file that contains an "image" of a disk (all of the information on it), but it isn't readable without mounting it or using an extraction tool.

A virtual machine is exactly what is sounds like, a virtual computer that you can use (very handy!). This may also mount ISOs, as you may need to use a Windows 7 install DVD to get the virtual machine installed. As it doesn't have a physical drive connected to the virtual machine, it can either use the one seen in your main OS (as a pass-through) or you can mount an image file.

Does virtual clone drive use stpd.sys file.TrinableMan said that Magic ISO and deamon tools use it,I'm having a littlt BSODs with stpd.sys