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- Company:<\/strong> SlySoft Corp. <\/li>\n
- Supported Filetypes:<\/strong> ccd, dvd, iso, udf, bin\/cue <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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SlySoft’s excellent Virtual CloneDrive is our Editor’s Pick for the day. VirtualClone drive is fastest product on the list, with an almost invisible emulation layer that makes it seems as if you’re opening the files natively & support for multiple emulated drives (“sheep”). Virtual CloneDrive doesn’t use any background programs or services to mount your files, and its interface is straight-forward and easy-to-use. It doesn’t clutter your system tray nor fill up your start menu: just right click the drive in My Computer, and select the file to mount. It doesn’t get easier than that.\n<\/p>\nCons<\/strong>
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Virtual CloneDrive has only a couple of minor drawbacks, if you can work-around\/live-with these, then you don’t need to look any further.\n<\/p>\n- \n
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- Doesn’t work on Vista as of version 5.1.4.5.1<\/a><\/sup> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Daemon Tools
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- Company:<\/strong> DAEMON Tools <\/li>\n
- Support Filetypes:<\/strong> iso, bwt, cdi, b5t, cue\/bin, mds\/mdf, nrg, pdi <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Daemon Tools is the oldest name on the list, and has managed to keep up with the times. Ever since version 4 came out, Daemon Tools has been one of the best image mounting softwares on the market. It alone from the programs reviewed provides in-built DRM-circumvention software, including workarounds for SafeDisc, Securom, RMPS, and LaserLock. It has a trusted name, an active community, and a very solid framework.\n<\/p>\nCons<\/strong>
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While Daemon Tools is free for personal use it ships with spyware.<\/strong> Daemon Tools comes with the “WhenU Search” spyware that results in nasty ads and tracking of personal information. Installing the spyware is optional<\/em> but it’s selected by default during the setup. The included DRM-circumvention is a decent-but-not-excellent implementation, but still better than nothing. Daemon Tools isn’t as fast nor as light of a solution as Virtual CloneDrive, but it’s almost as good.\n<\/p>\nMagicDisc
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- Company:<\/strong> MagicISO Corp. <\/li>\n
- Supported Filetypes:<\/strong> bin, ima\/img, cif, nrg, ccd, mdf\/mds, vcd, vaporcd, p01\/md1, vc4, vdi, c2d, bwi\/bwt, cdi, tao\/dao, pdi <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/strong>MagicDisc, the freeware counterpart to MagicISO, is without a doubt the most versatile image mounting software out there. It supports virtually every format you’ll ever come across, and is 100% compatible with Windows Vista. MagicDisc supports multiple drives, and has many features not present in the other programs reviewed in this article – namely image validiation and forced mounts. Like the other programs, Daemon Tools has support for multiple emulated drives. Its support for Windows Vista is complete and bug-free\n<\/p>\nCons
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<\/strong>Don’t let MagicDisc’s long list of supported formats fool you. While it may mount these formats, it crashes far too often to be considered dependable, and can take your system down with it. While it officially support Windows Vista, it’s tenacious at best. Many times mounting a new image won’t be reflected until you restart your system. MagicDisc’s interface is cluttered with useless links to MagicDisc, and is very hard to navigate – it’s like jamming Outlook into a taskbar icon. MagicDisc is also the slowest-performing program we tested. Use MagicDisc only if you really need support for one of the less-popular file formats.\n<\/p>\nBonus:<\/font> Y.A.S.U.
\n<\/h4>\nIf you’re using any of the above programs to mount a game CD or DVD instead of using the actual thing, it’s probably a good idea to go and download<\/a> Y.A.S.U.<\/abbr> while you’re at it. Y.A.S.U. prevents games from detecting the presence of a virtual drive, allowing them to pretend to be physical optical drives. Y.A.S.U. is not a SecuROM circumvention program<\/em>, rather it covers up the presence of such programs instead.\n<\/p>\n
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Burn Anything
\n<\/h3>\nYou have your image. You’ve mounted it, and now you want it on CD or DVD. Or maybe you have some files you need to get burned onto optical media ASAP, and don’t have money to spend on paid software or don’t have time to waste on programs that don’t work. Look no further.\n<\/p>\n
ImgBurn
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ImgBurn is a free & powerful program designed to quickly and cleanly burn many common image formats. As of version 2.x, ImgBurn also has a file-burning application built into it that allows you to burn files and folders just as easily as you would an image. ImgBurn can also clone CDs and DVDs from one drive to another (on-the-fly or via a on-disk buffer).\n<\/p>\n
Besides the in-built extensive support for all kinds of files, should you find that ImgBurn doesn’t support a format you’d like to use, burning it is as easy as mounting it with one of the programs on the previous page and then using the disc clone feature to copy it onto a physical optical drive. ImgBurn supports a wide range of drives and gives you control over every detail and aspect of the burning process, with advanced features like choosing multiple filesystems, setting individual dates and filenamese, and much more. ImgBurn can burn DVD and VCD image types, so long as you have the DVD previously ripped to the hard drive.\n<\/p>\n
Windows Media Player 11
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You may scoff, but if you’re looking for a free program to burn your music the way you want it, don’t look further than Windows Media Player. It’s free and it comes with Windows, but that doesn’t mean it’s a wimp when it comes to getting your music on a portable device, be it a CD, DVD, or a MP3 player. Windows Media Player 11 takes the entirely redone portable media framework introduced in WMP 10 and adds quite a few new features that make it the idea choice for burning music.\n<\/p>\n
Besides levelling audio volumes, searching ID3 tags for the music you want, and filtering with on-the-fly search, Windows Media Player offers extensive support for synchronization and playlists. Think about it, if you want to burn your music and enjoy it on the go, what better choice can you have other than the best media player itself?2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n
Virtual CloneDrive 5.1.4.5 used to work on previous versions of Windows Vista. However, on Vista RTM it results in a BSOD, and a “last known good configuration” boot is required to get the system working once more. ↩<\/a><\/p><\/li>
Media Player Classic not withstanding! ↩<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Supported Filetypes:<\/strong> Music <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Supported Filetypes:<\/strong> bin\/cue, cdi, cdr, di, pdi, dvd, gcm, gi, udi, ibw, img\/ima, iso, cst, md5, urg <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Company:<\/strong> MagicISO Corp. <\/li>\n
- Company:<\/strong> DAEMON Tools <\/li>\n
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- Company:<\/strong> SlySoft Corp. <\/li>\n