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    Can Windows 7 Professional mount iso files?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by talin, Oct 26, 2011.

  1. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    If so, does it give it a drive number and emulate an optical drive?
     
    talin, Oct 26, 2011
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    I don't recall any version of Windows 7 being able to mount ISO's, but it can burn them at least, I know that doesn't help though :p

    Windows 8 supposedly supports native ISO mounting.
     
    Kuu, Oct 26, 2011
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  3. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I could have swore that Windows 7 Pro had that ability. Can anyone else chime in?
     
    talin, Oct 26, 2011
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  4. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    No I too don't think you may be able to mount ISOs on W7 (any version) without any third party software.
    Maybe you had confused W7 with W8? W8 supports ISO mounting.
     
    killkenny1, Oct 26, 2011
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  5. talin

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    Can you recommend any third party utilities than?
     
    talin, Oct 26, 2011
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    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    W7 supports ISO burning. W8 supports ISO mounting.
    Best software I've used so far is Daemon Tools.
     
    Hirohata, Oct 26, 2011
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  7. talin

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    And they're paid versions, unfortunately. I was looking for some freeware (decent) alternative if possible. :(
     
    talin, Oct 26, 2011
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  9. talin

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    Thanks! I'll give that a try soon. :)
     
    talin, Oct 26, 2011
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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  11. SL2

    SL2 Notebook Deity

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    Virtual clonedrive works great, and you can even disable autostart, when you double click an ISO, it gets mounted anyway.
    (Yeah, I hate having programs in the taskbar that makes no difference whatsoever.)

    I think it's based on Daemon tools.
     
    SL2, Oct 26, 2011
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  12. killkenny1

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    I think I will try that Virtual Clonedrive too, 'cuz newer DT Lite kinda suck for me. I still use the 4.35 version.
     
    killkenny1, Oct 26, 2011
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  13. olyteddy

    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    VCD here. I use it because I store my DVDs as ISO files.
     
    olyteddy, Oct 26, 2011
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  14. Patrck_744

    Patrck_744 Burgers!

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    PowerISO is a good one if you need to mount images.
     
    Patrck_744, Oct 28, 2011
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