The program for mounting the disk image: which software is better?

To save information, discs are used very rarely. USB-drives are much more convenient and practical, and they contain a greater amount of information. However, in some cases it is better to create a complete copy of the disk than just copy the data from there. And first of all it refers to games, music, licensed programs and other multimedia content. In this case, you will definitely need a program to mount the disk image.

Piracy

Immediately it is worth noting that the illegal creation and distribution of copies of a product (even for home use) falls under the notion of piracy. And for this there are rather big fines. It is clear that if you do not go to the market and will not sell copies of license disks, you will not be found, and will not be searched. But just be sure when it pops up, there will be an extra reason to arrest you.

DaemonTools

One of the most common and effective utilities. This program for mounting a disk image is well suited for emulating games. Its main advantage is that it allows you to bypass the copy protection of many companies, for example, SafeDisk and StarForce. There are five versions of the utility:

1. Lite. Ideal for mounting a disk image. A free program that you can use at home. It allows you to fully realize the full potential for reading images, and also emulates up to four virtual drives. This is quite enough for everyday tasks.
2. Pro Standart. Extended version, which has great functionality, but is paid. Has 20 days of trial period. Allows you to create up to 16 virtual "Roma", as well as edit existing ones, while receiving more information.
3. Pro Advanced. Soft helps to convert images from one type to another, and also adds 4 IDE drives.
4. Net. Enables disk management over the network.
5. Ultra. Allows the user to create virtual hard disks.

In general, this is one of the most popular programs for image mounting simply because it supports most known formats - Iso, MDF / MDS, NRG, CCD, CUE and others.

Alcohol 120%

This paid program for mounting a disk image does not have special properties. It was very popular at the dawn of cyber piracy. Allows you to create full copies of unprotected disks and mount them into 31 virtual drives. However, the utility is very contradictory:

• On the one hand, it is paid. And the price of 78 euros (now 55 dollars per share) is too high for a program with such low functionality.
• On the other hand, downloading the hacked version is not difficult. And the intuitively clear interface completely pays off bad functionality. So, if you are going to download games from torrent trackers, this will be a good choice. With the exception, when the release themselves specify the preferred program for emulation.

There is also a free version of the program, which few people have heard because of the availability of the hacked "120%". With "Alcohol 52%" you can not burn disk images to physical media. But it can easily be used as a program for their mounting.

PowerISO

And, finally, the most highly specialized program for mounting an ISO image disk image. Its functionality allows you to fully manage the contents of the image file, and also to encrypt it and change the size. Unfortunately, the utility supports only four file formats: ISO, BIN, NRG and CDI. A good plus is the ability to create images in the following format - .daa.

It has a high level of file compression, but it is too rare and other emulators can not recognize it. For those who do not like to buy programs, a free demo is provided. But there are some restrictions in it - you can create files with a size not more than 300 MB. But at the same time almost all other functions remained unchanged.