ISO Mounting Tools

Many computers forgo physical disk drives in order to cut space, cut cost, add storage, or any combination of those options. When the need to mount an iso file that contains a program necessary for work or a hobby arises, though, disk imaging software comes to the rescue. Apps such as DAEMON Tools can be used to generate a virtual disk drive to mount iso files so users can run their contents.

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Rescuezilla
Free • Open Source
Disk Cloning Tool
Disk Imaging Tool
System Restore Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
36 alternatives to Rescuezilla
Rescuezilla is a free, easy-to-use hard drive disk cloning and imaging application that boots as a live USB. Rescuezilla is fully interoperable with Clonezilla . This means that backups created by Clonezilla can be restored with Rescuezilla...
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Rescuezilla Features
1. PortableRescuezilla can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightRescuezilla consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. NTFS Partition RecoveryRescuezilla can recover your data from a formatted or deleted NTFS partition.
4. Ad-freeRescuezilla doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. Recover Corrupted FilesRescuezilla can recover and repair corrupted files that won't open or that open with an error.
6. Encrypted BackupRescuezilla uses encryption algorithms to keep your files safe as well as prevent unauthorized access.
7. Dark ModeRescuezilla supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
8. Schedule BackupRescuezilla supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
9. Photo RecoveryRescuezilla can recover photos from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible storage.
Disaster Recovery
No installation
Graphical User Interface
Integrated partitioning tools
Based on Ubuntu
Integrated Web Browser
Fast cloning
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WinCDEmu
Free • Open Source
ISO Mounting Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
46 alternatives to WinCDEmu
WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc images by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to do it.
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WinCDEmu Features
1. LightweightWinCDEmu consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableWinCDEmu can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Ad-freeWinCDEmu doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Mounting ISO
Mounting drives
Emulation
Virtual Disk
Multiple languages
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 4.1, released on September 29, 2015, can be still downloaded from GitHub
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Macrium Reflect
Paid • Proprietary
Disk Imaging Tool
Disk Cloning Tool
System Restore Tool
Windows
81 alternatives to Macrium Reflect
Protect your data, upgrade your hard disk or try new operating systems in the safe knowledge that everything is securely saved in an easily recovered backup file. Macrium Reflect supports backup to local, network and USB drives.
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Macrium Reflect Features
1. Schedule BackupMacrium Reflect supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
2. Differential BackupMacrium Reflect supports differential backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last FULL backup).
3. Incremental BackupMacrium Reflect supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
4. Command line interfaceMacrium Reflect either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
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DAEMON Tools
Freemium • Proprietary
ISO Mounting Tool
Disc Burner
DVD Copying Utility
Mac
Windows
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DAEMON Tools Lite is an advanced application which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry. You can mount *.mdx, .mds/.mdf, *.iso, *.b5t, *.b6t, *.bwt, *.ccd, *.cdi, *.cue, *.nrg, *.pdi, *.isz disc images to a virtual drive. Make .iso, .mds/.
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DAEMON Tools Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionDAEMON Tools can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
2. Dark ModeDAEMON Tools supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
ISO Editing
Virtual Disk
Keyboard navigation
Stream video to Android TV
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Virtual CloneDrive
Free • Proprietary
ISO Mounting Tool
Windows
36 alternatives to Virtual CloneDrive
Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files of various formats (.iso, .bin, etc) can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting...
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Virtual CloneDrive Features
Virtual Disk
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ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver
Free • Open Source
ISO Mounting Tool
Windows
BSD
49 alternatives to ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver
ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 or Windows Server 2003/2008/2012. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory. The install package installs a console-mode control program called imdisk.
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ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionImDisk Virtual Disk Driver can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Virtual Disk
Support for UDF extension
Multiple languages
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PowerISO
Paid • Proprietary
ISO Mounting Tool
Disc Burner
ISO Creator
Windows
FLATHUB
Linux
Mac
63 alternatives to PowerISO
PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.
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PowerISO Features
1. LightweightPowerISO consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freePowerISO doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. PortablePowerISO can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
ISO Editing
Convert Img to ISO
Emulation
Virtual Disk
Bundleware
The installer contains ads. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
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ImDisk Toolkit
Free • Open Source
ISO Mounting Tool
Windows
35 alternatives to ImDisk Toolkit
This all-in-one package includes the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver and several tools and interfaces to mount many formats of image files and make a RamDisk available at Windows startup.
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ImDisk Toolkit Features
Virtual Disk
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Paragon Backup & Recovery
Free Personal • Proprietary
System Backup Tool
Windows
50 alternatives to Paragon Backup & Recovery
Paragon Backup & Recovery is an advanced backup and recovery software. You may backup files, volumes and disks entirely or pick one at a time. Select the OS partition, and you get all the necessary boot partitions. If your operating system crashes, you can recover it easily.
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Paragon Backup & Recovery Features
Editing and creating partitions
Multiple languages
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Disk Utility
Free • Proprietary
Partition Manager
Disk Imaging Tool
Disk Cloning Tool
Mac
37 alternatives to Disk Utility
Disk Utility is the name of a utility created by Apple for performing disk-related tasks in Mac OS X. These tasks include:
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Disk Utility Features
Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
Mounting drives
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OSFMount
Free • Proprietary
ISO Mounting Tool
Windows
38 alternatives to OSFMount
OSFMount allows you to mount local disk image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows with a drive letter. You can then analyze the disk image file with PassMark OSForensics by using the mounted volume's drive letter.
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OSFMount Features
1. LightweightOSFMount consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Mounting drives
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AcetoneISO
Free • Open Source
ISO Mounting Tool
ISO Creator
Linux
54 alternatives to AcetoneISO
AcetoneISO, is a feature-rich and complete software application to manage CD/DVD images. Thanks to powerful open source tools such as fuseiso, AcetoneISO will let You mount typical proprietary images formats of the Windows world such as ISO BIN NRG MDF IMG and do plenty of other...
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AcetoneISO Features
1. Ad-freeAcetoneISO doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Copyright-free
Copywriting
Copy & paste actions
Virtual Disk
Convert DVD to AVI
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Furius ISO Mount
Free • Open Source
ISO Mounting Tool
Linux
34 alternatives to Furius ISO Mount
Furius ISO Mount is a simple Gtk+ Interface to Mount ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image files without burning to disk.

Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.11.3.1, released in January 2011, can be still downloaded from Softpedia
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WinArchiver
Paid • Proprietary
File Archiver
File Compressor
ISO Mounting Tool
Windows
63 alternatives to WinArchiver
WinArchiver is a powerful archive utility, which can open, create, and manage archive files. It supports almost all archive formats, including zip, rar, 7z, iso, and other popular formats. WinArchiver can also mount the archive to a virtual drive without extraction.
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WinArchiver Features
Virtual Disk
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Gizmo Drive
Free • Proprietary
ISO Mounting Tool
Disk Imaging Tool
Windows
41 alternatives to Gizmo Drive
Gizmo Drive is a virtual device simulator which allows you to create password protected hard disk images with its proprietary GDRIVE format. Gizmo Drive also supports a number of standard image formats including: ISO, VHD, BIN, IMG, NRG, CCD, MDS, and MDF.
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Gizmo Drive Features
Virtual Disk
Support for UDF extension
Mounting drives
Emulation
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.7.9, released in May 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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Virtual CloneDrive Features

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ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Features

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PowerISO Features

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ImDisk Toolkit Features

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Paragon Backup & Recovery Features

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Disk Utility Features

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