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What Is a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) File?
Store, transfer, and share complete drives with the VHD file format.
Create a Virtual Machine Clone of Your Existing Windows Hard Drive
Virtualization allows one operating system (OS) to run on another OS. We'll show you how to create a virtual machine clone of your system and how to use it.
The 4 Best Free Alternatives to DAEMON Tools for Mounting Image Files
DAEMON Tools is often the first-choice software for mounting disk image files. Try these free alternatives to DAEMON Tools!
How to Extract ISO Files With Linux
How do you view an ISO disk image in Linux? Can you unpack ISOs in the terminal? Here's everything you need to know.
How to Create Windows-Compatible ISO Disc Images on a Mac
Create Windows-compatible .ISO disc images using your Mac without using any additional software or apps.
How to Create & Mount Disc Images on a Virtual Drive
Do you still have CDs or DVDs lying around? When an optical disc breaks, it's gone forever. We show you how to make digital and playable backups of your CDs and DVDs now!
How to Play DVDs & Blu-Rays on Windows 10, Even Without a DVD Drive
With the removal of Windows Media Center, it has suddenly become more difficult to play DVD and Blu-ray discs on your computer. Fortunately, you have alternatives, including third-party tools or virtual drives.
Mount and Use .IMG Files With These Free Tools
Don't let the terminology mislead or turn you off! .IMG files are useful for everyone who uses CDs or DVDs on a regular basis. We demonstrate how to use them.
Mount Your Remote Web Accounts As Convenient SFTP Connections With Swish [Windows]
How about a way to embed a connection to your own hosting account - whether it's just a file hosting service or a web hosting account - directly within the Windows file explorer system? Wouldn't it be cool to essentially "mount" your hosting account to your computer? Well, we can with a really cool free app called Swish.
Mount Your Image Files On a Virtual Drive With WinCDEmu [Windows]
Your CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are rotting and optical discs as such are slowly disappearing from the market. ISO and other image file formats, however, are here to stay and are a good way to back up existing optical discs. Once the original disc has degraded beyond repair, you can burn its image backup to a new disc. Or you could give your discs and your wallet a break and just read the data directly from the hard drive. But how do you read ISO files?
Extend The Life Of Your Optical Discs With ISO Backups & Virtual Clone Drive [Windows]
There is absolutely no reason why you would still want to routinely run games, movies, or music from optical discs. Inserting, ejecting, and switching discs is a nuisance and subjects both the drive and the discs to wear and tear. Moreover, optical drives are annoyingly loud and probably use a fair bit of energy. Finally, you might not have an optical drive to begin with. So what should you do instead?
No DVD Drive? No Problem! Create And Mount ISO Files For Free With These Tools
My computer doesn’t have any optical drives anymore. That means CD drives, DVD drives, Floppy drives--they’ve all been cut out and done away with forever. If a particular piece of peripheral gear doesn’t have a USB interface, then it won’t be dealing with my PC. But luckily, even if you don’t have a CD or DVD drive, you can still find use in a disc by using the ISO format. Most ISO manipulating programs are extremely straightforward and easy to use. Here are some of the best ones.
What Is A RAM Disk, And How You Can Set One Up
Solid state hard drives aren’t the first non-mechanical storage to appear in consumer PCs. RAM has been used for decades, but primarily as a short-term storage solution. The fast access times of RAM makes it perfect for storing data related to programs that are currently running on a system. Enthusiasts have long tried to harness the advantages of short-term storage by creating what is known as a RAM disk.
WinISO: A Complete ISO Workbench [Giveaway]
Fans of disc management software like Daemon Tools and UltraISO will be able to appreciate WinISO, a tool that combines the features of being able to create, extract, and edit ISO files while also giving you the ability to virtually mount and burn image files to a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray. We'll be giving away 25 copies of WinISO Standard 6 (retails for $29.95) this week, at a total value of nearly $750! Interested? Read through this article to get familiarzed with the features of this software and check out the bottom of this article for participation instructions.