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    Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    I want a virtual drive program, would of thought they'd include something like this in the OS seeing as you can download iso's from the MS site...

    Need to be x64..

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Daemon tools will do the trick nicely
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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    When I was running the beta POWERISO didn't work - so I used Virtual Clone Drive, (adware free btw). Works a treat.
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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Quote Originally Posted by synaesthesia View Post
    Daemon tools will do the trick nicely
    I will second this.

    Extremely easy to use, runs quietly in the background without disturbing you, and I've never had a problem mounting any images with it.

    Go for Daemon Tools .

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Quote Originally Posted by synaesthesia View Post
    Daemon tools will do the trick nicely
    Don't use Daemon Tools. It can affect your optical drive performance. Instead use SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive.

    Quote Originally Posted by format View Post
    When I was running the beta POWERISO didn't work - so I used Virtual Clone Drive, (adware free btw). Works a treat.
    +1. I'm using SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive too, it's brilliant and FREE!

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    Don't use Daemon Tools. It can affect your optical drive performance. Instead use SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive.
    Try turning off all the emulation functions within Daemon Tools as they work with real as well as virtual drives.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Daemon Tools uses ring0 though, people tend to call programs that do that 'root kits' and avoid them.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Quote Originally Posted by oolon View Post
    Try turning off all the emulation functions within Daemon Tools as they work with real as well as virtual drives.
    It's not because of the emulation features, it's because programs like Daemon Tools & Alcohol 120% use SPTD and that [for me atleast] interfered with my optical drive performance.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    I use WinCDEmu in XP, and it works in Win7:

    http://forum.sysprogs.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=118 (read first, dunno if it's changed since)
    http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/

    Very basic, only for .iso files, but works perfectly.

    I installed it a week or so ago in my 64bit Windows 7 (TechNet RTM) in VMWare and the regular install .exe worked fine.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    +1 For Virtual Clone Drive here.

    I used to use Daemon all the time, and although it is quite easy to use, i did have problems with it forgetting which image was mounted. Virtual Clone Drive is easier to use and less clunky IMO, and, as mentioned above, it is free for the full version, unlike the free Daemon which is limited.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    I also use Virtual Clone Drive (with W7 RC) and have no issues, I use it mostly to check my dvd iso's for menu glitches etc before I burn them. I originally installed it when I had issues with vlc media player and windows 7.
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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Daemon tools (well SPTD actually) will also screw with card reader drive allocations - it has afected 5 PCs so far and the only fix was to uninstall it so the internal card readers would work again.
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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Quote Originally Posted by Singh400 View Post
    I'm using SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive too, it's brilliant and FREE!
    It'd be excellent if it supported .nrg files (the image files Nero can create). That's the one problem with it - SlySoft refuse to add non-standard formats, regardless of how long they've been around or how common they are.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Quote Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
    It'd be excellent if it supported .nrg files (the image files Nero can create). That's the one problem with it - SlySoft refuse to add non-standard formats, regardless of how long they've been around or how common they are.
    Well I think I've come across one .nrg file in all my years of being a nerd. Can't see why they would support it to be honest, it's a proprietary format.

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    power iso

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    Re: Mounting ISo's in Windows 7

    Try magic disc. it's my backup for when clone drive does not work
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