You can easily open a .dmg is OS X thanks to their drive utility application. However, there is not a hint of this functionality in Windows 7.
What's the best program for mounting a .iso file in a virtual drive? Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel (from Microsoft) seemed promising:
However, I could not install it. I moved the driver into system32/drivers, and when I browsed for it via the program, it wasn't in the drivers folder. I don't know why I thought it was promising. It's from Microsoft.
Now you see it:
Now you don't:
I promise you they're the same locations. I've made sure I can see all hidden files and folders and system files in the control panel.
Basically, if this Microsoft program is the best way to mount ISO image files in Windows 7? If so I'd like some guidance on how to install it. However, I doubt it is, I mean if its install is this flaky, nobody is using it.
What's the best third-party alternative?
21 Answer
Personally, I really like Virtual CloneDrive.
Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.
Features:
- Supports all common image formats such as ISO, BIN, CCD
- Supports up to 8 virtual drives at the same time
- Easy to use - just double-click an image file to mount as a drive
- Virtual CloneDrive is freeware, you may use it at no cost.
