DAEMON Tools Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to DAEMON Tools for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is WinCDEmu, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to DAEMON Tools and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to DAEMON Tools are Virtual CloneDrive, ImgBurn, CDBurnerXP and PowerISO.

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DAEMON Tools alternatives are mainly ISO Mounting Tools, but if you're looking for ISO Creators or Disc Burners you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Open Source, Windows, Flathub, Free, Mac and Linux + ISO Mounting. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DAEMON Tools.
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  1. WinCDEmu icon

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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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.
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
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    It works great, is open-source, extremely lighweight and comes with few useful options.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Top Negative Comment
    rboehme
    2

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

    Hexaae
    Positive
    0

    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.

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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
  2. Virtual CloneDrive icon

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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

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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
  4. ImgBurn icon

    ImgBurn

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    ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (39 languages) that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats. It can burn Audio CDs from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM.

    57 ImgBurn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    CDBurnerXP

     610 likes
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    CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free.

    50 CDBurnerXP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  7. PowerISO icon

    PowerISO

     166 likes
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    Powerful tool supporting a variety of disc image files, including ISO, BIN, and NRG. Enables ISO creation, editing, conversion, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray burning, and audio CD ripping. Features advanced DAA support for compression and encryption, allows bootable USB creation and ISO mounting.

    53 PowerISO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    • Most users think PowerISO is a great DAEMON Tools alternative.

    • PowerISO is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • PowerISO is the most popular commercial alternative to DAEMON Tools.

    • PowerISO is Paid and ProprietaryDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
    • PowerISO is LightweightDAEMON Tools is not according to our users
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    UltraISO

     178 likes
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    Directly edit and extract ISO or DVD image files, manage directories and boot info, create images from hard drive or physical media, convert between formats, optimize file structure, integrate with shell, and handle virtual drives and bootable media.

    52 UltraISO alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver icon

    ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver

     87 likes
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    ImDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows NT through Windows 10. It can create virtual hard disk, RAM Disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory.

    37 ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • BSD
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    Alcohol

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    Alcohol is a powerful Windows CD and DVD burning software that makes it easy to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. In addition, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.

    37 Alcohol alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Bundleware

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    • Windows
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  12. DVDFab Virtual Drive icon

    DVDFab Virtual Drive

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    Emulates up to 18 virtual DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD drives on Windows, mounts and unmounts .iso, .img, .miniso, .nrg, and other formats, integrates with Windows Explorer, supports shell context menu, offers auto-mount, auto-unmount, multilingual UI, and is free to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  13. Nero Platinum Suite icon

    Nero Platinum Suite

     8 likes
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    A comprehensive multimedia software suite for Windows PCs offering over 200 tools for media handling, AI editing, system optimization, and cloud backup, with a newly designed user interface for seamless system and media management.

    119 Nero Platinum Suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  14. OSFMount icon

    OSFMount

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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.

    30 OSFMount alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  15. WinArchiver icon

    WinArchiver

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    lightweight and easy to use

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • WinArchiver is Paid and ProprietaryDAEMON Tools is Freemium and Proprietary
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