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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  1. Rescuezilla icon
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    Free, user-friendly disk cloning and imaging software, boots from USB for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Supports Clonezilla backups and virtual machine images.

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    Best alternatives are Clonezilla iconClonezilla37 alternatives
  2. WinCDEmu icon
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    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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    Best alternatives are DAEMON Tools iconDAEMON ToolsandImgBurn iconImgBurn37 alternatives
  3. DAEMON Tools icon
     986 likes

    Disc imaging and mounting software with support for VHD, ZIP, and remote access. Offers encryption and iSCSI imaging with Windows integration.

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    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmu43 alternatives
  4. Macrium Reflect icon
     194 likes

    Securely backup data, clone and image disks using local, network, or USB drives with a subscription model accommodating personal and commercial needs.

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    Best alternatives are Rescuezilla iconRescuezillaandClonezilla iconClonezilla83 alternatives
  5. 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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    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandDAEMON Tools iconDAEMON Tools32 alternatives
  6. UltraISO icon
     178 likes

    Edit, extract, and convert ISO and DVD image files, manage directories, create bootable media, support major image formats, optimize structure, and integrate with shell.

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    Best alternatives are Rufus iconRufusandWinCDEmu iconWinCDEmu53 alternatives
  7. PowerISO icon
     165 likes

    Versatile image tool for creating, editing, and converting ISO files, burning discs, ripping audio CDs, and mounting files with a virtual drive.

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    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandDAEMON Tools iconDAEMON Tools54 alternatives
  8. AnyBurn icon
     58 likes

    AnyBurn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that everyone must have. It provides a free and complete solution for burning.

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    Best alternatives are ImgBurn iconImgBurnandCDBurnerXP iconCDBurnerXP47 alternatives
  9. 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.

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandDAEMON Tools iconDAEMON Tools40 alternatives
  10. 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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    Best alternatives are Rescuezilla iconRescuezillaandDuplicati iconDuplicati51 alternatives
  11. CDemu icon
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    CDEmu is a CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for linux, licensed under GPL v2 or later. It is a from-scratch rewrite of the legacy CDEmu project, which was started by Robert Penz.

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    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandDAEMON Tools iconDAEMON Tools31 alternatives
  12. Disk Utility icon
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    Disk Utility is the name of a utility created by Apple for performing disk-related tasks in Mac OS X. These tasks include:

    Disk Utility partitioning a disk
    Best alternatives are Rufus iconRufusandGParted iconGParted39 alternatives
  13. AcetoneISO icon
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    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...

    AcetoneISO screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandImgBurn iconImgBurn49 alternatives
  14. OSFMount icon
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    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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    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandDAEMON Tools iconDAEMON Tools31 alternatives
  15. DVDFab Virtual Drive (once known as ExplorerFab) is a virtual DVD/Blu-ray/Ultra HD emulator. It emulates a maximum of 18 drives and works with DVD/Blu-ray images created by DVDFab and other programs.

    DVDFab Virtual Drive screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are WinCDEmu iconWinCDEmuandDAEMON Tools iconDAEMON Tools18 alternatives