It is free license if you use at your home and not for commercial purpose. The software that I use in this series is Daemon Tools Lite version. Then, how to mount an image file as a virtual drive to access data without using the original CD/DVD anymore. In this series, I will show you how to create a disk image files both ISO image and MDF/MDS. With these benefits, it is a good to start to use a disk image file instead CD/DVD. No more noise from CD or DVD anymore when using a virtual disc.Better access rates than a optical drive when using a virtual disc.Easy to backup and maintain data because it is a file.A disk image can be burned to a CD or DVD by using any image burner software.MDF/MDS supports multi-session, hence it can be used for audio CDs, VCD, and hybrid audio CDs. It contains meta-data about the original media while the MDF file is an archive file. MDS is an optional media descriptor file. If you need them to stay after the PC is rebooted, you need to check Automount in Preferences - General.MDF/MDS (Media Descriptor Image file) both also are a disc image format. Note, that once you reboot your PC, all the drives will unmount automatically by default. Mount images to existing virtual of physical devices, add a new virtual device to mount to, and choose the desired type of a device (DT, SCSI or IDE) right from the contextual menu in Explorer with Windows Integration feature.Īnd finally, you can choose an image to mount from Tray Agent.Drag and drop image from Explorer to the section with virtual devices.Locate an image on your hard disk and double-click it (you need to associate the certain type of image files in Preferences in order to work with DAEMON Tools Lite from Explorer).Click Quick Mount button and choose an image on your hard disk.Choose an image and click Mount or Mount to SCSI option from the sidebar.Also, you can choose Mount to SCSI option from its contextual menu to mount an image to SCSI device, Mount option for the DT device or Advanced Mount option to adjust the emulation settings. Double-click or drag and drop an image from Images collection to the section with virtual devices.

The easiest way to mount an image is from the main window:

Note that SCSI and IDE functionality is limited in Windows 10.

Now youĭon’t need to create a virtual device before mounting. Since DAEMON Tools Lite 5, image mounting becomes easier and faster.

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