Mounting ISO and IMG files in Windows 7
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 13:46 | 
Author: Shawn Levin | 
Mount an ISO image in Windows 7 or Vista
Tired of burning loads of DVD's when downloading software? Mount them as virtual disks that appear the same way on the computer.
The utility Microsoft provides to mount ISO and IMG Images does not work in Windows 7 or Vista. Thankfully there’s another utility that does.
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.
Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free. Virtual CloneDrive is my favorite free utility I have found to date
The utility that we will use is called Virtual Clone Drive. This utility will let you mount .ISO, .CCD, .DVD, .IMG, .UDF and .BIN files. Download the utility and start the setup process.
Select Yes or OK at the hardware prompt and continue. You might have to restart your computer. Now you should be able to mount any ISO image by just double-clicking on the file. You can also right-click on the cd-rom drive to mount or unmount an image.
Notes: If you are going to reinstall this utility, make sure you uninstall it first, or you’ll BSOD yourself repeatedly. Also, as of the latest version, this utility should work on Windows 7 or Vista 64 bit edition.
Alternatives
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Virtual CD-ROM (Microsoft) – This utility does not work in Windows Vista
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MagicDisk – This is a nice, free utility with more features, but it’s not quite as simple to use.
