DAEMON Tools AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as ISO Mounting Tools

The best free ISO Mounting alternative to DAEMON Tools is WinCDEmu, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to DAEMON Tools and 16 are free ISO Mounting Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free ISO Mounting Tool alternatives to DAEMON Tools are Virtual CloneDrive, ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver, AcetoneISO and ImDisk Toolkit.

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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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DAEMON Tools alternatives page was last updated Sep 27, 2024
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  1. WinCDEmu icon
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    WinCDEmu

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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.

    39 WinCDEmu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    "Select drive letter & mount"-Dialog

    WinCDEmu Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Mounting ISO
    3.  Disk Imaging
    4.  Mounting drives
    5.  Emulation
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Virtual Disk
    8.  Portable
    9.  CD Burner
    10.  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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    Comment summary: WinCDEmu is praised for its lightweight, open-source nature, ease of use, and lack of ads or unwanted software. It is often preferred over DAEMON Tools, with some users citing it as a reliable and free alternative. However, it lacks support for specific features such as handling old mixed data CDs and SCSI, which DAEMON Tools can manage. While Windows 10 is noted for ISO mounting capabilities, WinCDEmu is still seen as a necessary and reliable tool.
    Guest

    It works great, is open-source, extremely lighweight and comes with few useful options.

    Top positive comment •May 20, 2017
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    rboehme

    In contrast to Daemon Tools, WinCDEmu doesn't support audio CDs.

    Top negative comment •May 15, 2017
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    Hexaae

    WinCDEmu is very good for data CDs/DVDs, but unfortunately can't for example handle old mixed data CDs (e.g. old games from Win98/Amiga era with data+music). Daemon Tools Lite can do that instead, just for example.

    Positive comment •Sep 1, 2024
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    • Almost everyone thinks WinCDEmu is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • WinCDEmu is the most popular Windows alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • WinCDEmu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • WinCDEmu is Free and Open SourceDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
    • WinCDEmu is LightweightDAEMON Tools is not according to our users
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    Virtual CloneDrive

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    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...

    32 Virtual CloneDrive alternatives
    Settings Dialog

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Virtual CloneDrive Features

    1.  Virtual Disk
    SysTray Icon and Context Menu
    Discontinued

    last updated: Feb 28th 2020, 15:16 GMThttps://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/Virtual-CD-DVD-Rom/Virtual-CloneDrive.shtml

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    bystro

    Very simplistic interface and easy to use. Unlike Daemon Tools' complicated one

    Positive comment •Dec 27, 2017
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    • Almost everyone thinks Virtual CloneDrive is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • Virtual CloneDrive is Free and ProprietaryDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
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    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver

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    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.

    44 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BSD

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver Features

    1.  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Virtual Disk
    3.  Support for UDF extension
    4.  Multiple languages
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.1.1) is from December 2022.

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    AcetoneISO

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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...

    49 AcetoneISO alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    AcetoneISO Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Copyright-free
    3.  Copywriting
    4.  Copy & paste actions
    5.  Virtual Disk
    6.  Convert DVD to AVI
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    ImDisk Toolkit

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    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.

    31 ImDisk Toolkit alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ImDisk Toolkit Features

    1.  Virtual Disk
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    Guest

    Open Source, works with Windows 8.1, GUI

    Positive comment •Nov 18, 2015
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    • Most users think ImDisk Toolkit is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • ImDisk Toolkit is Free and Open SourceDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Disk Utility

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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:

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    Disk Utility partitioning a disk

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Disk Utility Features

    1.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data
    2.  Mounting drives
    Disk Utility restoring a disk image
    Disk Utility Firt Aid
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    CDemu

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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.

    31 CDemu alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    CDemu Features

    1.  Virtual Disk
    2.  Emulation
    3.  Sits in the System Tray
    4.  Linux-based
    5.  Low resource footprint
    6.  Works at kernel level
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    0x6A7232

    Works on Linux to mount .cue / .bin pairs (just converting to .iso doesn't cut it as you lose the CD audio tracks that way and only get the data track)

    Positive comment •Mar 3, 2024
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    • CDemu is Free and Open SourceDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
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