Virtual DVD - a small program, as the name of the application implies, creates a virtual drive in the Windows operating system. Distributed by the authors completely free of charge without restrictions, both in terms of functionality and time. This emulator has support for the Russian language, both during installation and in the interface, if I may say so, since there is no interface as such.
DAEMON Tools Lite - light on the possibilities and some functions, a free edition of the program, the purpose of which is to create virtual drives in the operating system. One of the main features of the application is the ability to create disks, or rather, emulate virtual disk images. The application can safely create CD images as well as DVD discs. DAEMON Tools support for many modern or popular, in general, widespread image formats, allows this software to be the most...
Alcohol 52% - one of the most famous drive emulators, the program creates a virtual CD / DVD drive in the system. Later, you can insert either the created disk image, or the previously created one, into the virtual disk drive. The use of virtual devices has a number of significant advantages over physical ones. The main such pluses include reading speed and reliability. When used at home, the user can fully appreciate the benefits of a virtual drive.
WinCDEmu - a free CD, DVD or BD drive emulator, the program is distributed freely, without restrictions, moreover, it has an open source code. With this small tool, the user will be able to mount a CD image of such popular formats as ISO, CUE, NRG, MDS/MDF, CCD, IMG into a virtual CD ROM. This is one of the easiest ways to quickly and explorer mount a disk image into a virtual drive.
Virtual Clone Drive - creates a virtual CD / DVD drive that behaves in the system in the same way as a physical CD / DVD drive, up to 8 virtual CD-ROMs are supported, but it only exists virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD and CloneCD can be mounted to a virtual drive from a hard drive or network drive and are used in the same manner as if you were inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.
DVD Fab Virtual Drive - free virtual disk, is a virtual DVD / Blu-ray drive emulator. The program can emulate up to 18 discs to work with DVD / Blu-ray images created by DVDFab and other programs. For example, to play a Blu-ray backup on a computer with PowerDVD 8 and above, you need to use DVDFab to create a backup copy of the Blu-ray ISO image file, and use DVDFab Virtual Drive, mount the image in the drive created by the program, and after PowerDVD will play your movie. DVDFab Virtual Drive is a free program that does not require any costs.
Disk2vhd - a small program that will make it very easy to make a virtual disk in VHD format from a real one. You can use this virtual disk in Hyper-V or Virtual PC. The utility was created by specialists in the field of system tools, Mark Rusinovich and Bryce Cogswell, programmers at NirSoft. This little tool can be a very useful tool when administering Windows systems. What is this utility for? If you are an administrator of the aforementioned operating systems, then you have probably encountered problems more than once that led to contacting the support service...
), because it has all the necessary attributes for this. But still, the main attractiveness of the product lies precisely in the features of working with optical disc images.
Alcohol 120% allows you to create images of CDs and DVDs, can deal with some copy protection, allows up to 31 virtual drives. However, even the simplest CSS encryption used in the production of licensed video products is beyond the power of this program.
The main program management tools are concentrated in the left sidebar. In imaging mode, you can split a file into segments of arbitrary size. You can also enable read error skipping. There is a whole group of protections based on disk damage emulation. In the standard way, you will not be able to read its contents, since a read error will occur in the most interesting place. Alcohol 120% allows you to skip such sectors, still creating an image file of the original disk.
Depending on the amount of source data, you will be offered different image formats. Standard CDs can be copied to CCD, CUE and ISO images, but if you're working with a DVD that's over 2GB full, you'll need to use the MDS format.
The next two sidebar menu options allow you to burn an optical disc from an image on your hard drive, as well as make an exact copy of a CD/DVD media.
Alcohol 120% contains an image search tool inside the local file system. You select the types of images you are looking for, and also specify the scope of the search. In addition, you can switch to the mode of using additional extensions. In this case, the search will include files of any type.
The program allows you to independently change the letters of the logical partitions of virtual drives, set the DVD region code, output analog audio sound to any virtual device (Direct Sound), and flexibly configure optical disc burning modes.
On the official page of the project, you can also get acquainted with the Alcohol 52% program, which does not have its own optical disc burner.
The program places its icon in the system tray. Left-clicking on the icon opens a list of all connected images, and also allows you to disable them altogether. With the right mouse button, you can call up the properties of the program.
The first item of the Virtual CD/DVD-ROM menu contains functions that allow you to specify the number of virtual drives, as well as manage the connection/disconnection of images. The Emulation menu contains a list of all available protections supported by the program. You can enable their emulation, either individually or all at once.
The program settings include only a few items. You can load the program along with the start of the operating system, automatically mount images, use safe mode.
By default, the system tray icon is red. Depending on the formats of connected images and types of protection, the color may change to green and blue.
In the last three guides, 30 programs were considered, one way or another related to copying information from optical media.
Over the past year in Russia there has been a positive trend of a gradual transition from endemic piracy to a more or less civilized use of licensed products. Official publishers have finally begun to pursue a clear and flexible pricing policy, making viewing licensed films available to the general population. Often, a DVD with a licensed film costs the same as a pirated counterpart.
There is nothing more valuable than your health. They say that the fault of all diseases is our nervous system. If something constantly worries you, if you experience fear, remorse, then the exacerbation of many diseases is not far off. Constant fuss with low-quality screen copies and indistinct DVDRip, fuss over restrictions for free accounts on file-sharing servers, wolf laws of peer-to-peer networks, mountains of unidentified discs on the shelves - all this does not add health, peace.
The other day I decided to download a movie from the network that I wanted to watch for a long time. When the download reached about half, the connection was cut off, and the server did not support resuming. I got very upset and began to worry. But realizing that my experiences were not worth a penny, I got dressed and ran to the nearest store, buying a licensed disc there. The disc was copy-protected with CSS encryption, but I made a copy of everything on the hard drive using one of the programs discussed in the guides. Suddenly, the disk is scratched.
I really hope, friends, that you will not use the software described in the last articles for illegal purposes. And it's not about high morals. Just take care of yourself and your health.
Last week we asked you to share your favorite disk image tools, then we rounded up the five most popular responses for a vote. Now we're back to highlight your favorite. DAEMON Tools led the pack by a comfortable margin with 40% of the vote.
Softpedia.com DAEMON Tools Lite is a software solution that will impress you, especially thanks to its advanced features that can deal with virtually all image formats on the market. Reliable application that creates virtual drives on your computer, providing you with the possiblity to emulate CDs and DVDs for instant access.
PCWorld.com If you spend a lot of time swapping and hence waiting on CDs or DVDs to mount, Daemon Tools Lite is worth its weight in gold. Even if you don "t, it" s a program you should download to keep in your bag of tricks--you "ll find a use for it eventually.
Download.com The advantage is that you can burn the images you"re using with DAEMON Tools Lite right away or just test an image before burning it to see if it was created correctly. DAEMON Tools Lite works with most image formats.
Filecluster.com Pros
- Small and highly stable program.
- Low resource requirements.
- Simple and functional interface...
Software.Informer.com DAEMON Tools Lite manages to be more comprehensive and feature-rich than many of its competitors. And that "s quite remarkable, especially considering that DAEMON Tools Lite is free while many of its competitors are not.
downloads.tomsguide.com As a disc imaging tool, Daemon Tools Lite's free nature automatically makes it a lot better than many competing applications simply because it offers most of what they offer at the vastly reduced price of free.
www.techadvisor.co.uk When you have a disc that you know you"ll need to access regularly, then, DAEMON Tools Lite allows you to create an image in just a couple of clicks. This then shows up in its Image Catalog for speedy reloading later, and you can put the real disc away.
techgyd.com Daemon Tools Lite is one of the best software for emulating and organizing your disc images. The software is very easy to use and fulfills all your disc related requirements. The virtual drives support is amazing.
maddownload.com If you are looking for the best software to work with ISO, MDX, MDS, and MDX files? Well, you have come to the right place. DAEMON Tools Lite is an easy and ready to use downloadable software compatible with Windows. It is well known reputable software that gives you the power of having a DVD-ROM emulator right into the comfort of your own home.
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Virtual disks are software emulated devices that can be used to open virtual disk images. This is sometimes called the files obtained after reading information from physical media. The following is a list of programs that allow you to emulate virtual drives and disks, as well as create and mount images.
Daemon Tools is one of the most popular programs for working with disk images and virtual drives. The software allows you to create, convert and burn files to discs, emulate drives for playing information from optical media. In addition to CD and DVD devices, the program can also create virtual hard disks.
Daemon Tools includes the TrueCrypt utility, which allows you to create encrypted, password-protected containers on your computer. This approach helps to preserve important information and protect it from intruders.
Alcohol 120%
Alcohol 120% is the main competitor of the previous reviewer. The program, like Daemon Tools, can capture images from disks, mount them in emulated drives and burn files to discs.
There are two main differences: the software allows you to create images from files and folders, but is not able to emulate an HDD.
Ashampoo Burning Studio
Ashampoo Burning Studio is a combiner for working with CDs and their images. The program is focused on converting, copying and recording audio and video to discs, creating covers for discs.
One of the key features is the ability to create archives with backup copies of files and folders, from which, if necessary, you can restore important information.
Nero
Nero is another multifunctional program for processing multimedia files. Able to burn ISO and other files to discs, convert multimedia to various formats, create covers.
A distinctive feature is the presence of a full-fledged video editor with which you can edit: cutting, applying effects, adding sound, and creating slide shows.
UltraISO
UltraISO is a program designed exclusively for working with disk images. Allows you to take images from physical media, including hard drives, convert and compress finished files.
The main task of the program is to create images from files and save them to a computer or burn them to discs or flash drives. Among other things, the program has the function of creating a virtual drive for mounting images.
PowerISO
PowerISO is a program similar in functionality to UltraISO, but with some differences. This software also knows how to create images from physical disks and files, edit ready-made ISOs, “burn” discs and emulate virtual drives.
The main difference is the grabbing function, which allows you to digitize music recorded on an audio CD with high quality and without loss.
ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a software aimed at working with images: creating, including from files on a computer, checking for errors and recording. It does not have a heap of unnecessary functions and solves only the tasks voiced above.
DVD Fab Virtual Drive
DVDFab Virtual Drive is an extremely simple program designed exclusively for creating a large number of virtual drives. It does not have a graphical interface, so all actions are performed using the context menu in the system tray.
The programs presented in this review can be divided into two parts: the first is software for working with images, the second is virtual drive emulators. As you may have noticed, most developers strive to combine both of these features in their products. Despite this, there are bright representatives in each category, for example, UtraISO is indispensable for creating and editing images, and Daemon Tools is great for emulating virtual media - CD / DVD and hard drives.
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In this article, I would like to touch on two things at once: a virtual disk and a disk drive. In fact, they are interconnected, a little lower we will immediately make a short footnote to make it clearer what will be discussed in the article ...
Virtual Disk(the name “disc image” is popular on the net) - a file whose size is usually equal to or slightly larger than the real CD / DVD disc from which this image was obtained. Often images are made not only from CDs, but also from hard drives or flash drives.
Virtual drive(CD-Rom, disk drive emulator) - roughly speaking, this is a program that can open an image and present you with information on it, as if it were a real disk. There are many such programs.
The best programs for working with virtual disks and drives
1.DaemonTools
Link to the lite version: http://www.daemon-tools.cc/rus/products/dtLite#features
One of the best programs for creating and emulating images. Supported emulation formats: *.mdx, *.mds/*.mdf, *.iso, *.b5t, *.b6t, *.bwt, *.ccd, *.cdi, *.bin/*.cue, * .ape/*.cue, *.flac/*.cue, *.nrg, *.isz.
You can create only three image formats: *.mdx, *.iso, *.mds. You can use the light version of the program for free at home (for non-commercial purposes). The link is above.
After installing the program, another CD-Rom (virtual) appears in your system, which can open any images(see above) which you can only find on the Internet.
To mount the image: run the program, then right-click on the CD-Rom, and select the "mount" command from the menu.
To create an image just run the program and select the "create a disk image" function.
After that, a window will pop up in which you need to select three things:
The disk whose image will be received;
Image format (iso, mdf or mds);
The location where the virtual disk (i.e. image) will be saved.
Conclusions:
One of the best programs for working with virtual disks and drives. Its capabilities will be enough, probably, for the vast majority of users. The program works very quickly, does not load the system, supports all the most popular versions of Windows: XP, 7, 8.
2. Alcohol 120%/52%
Link: http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/downloadtrial.php
(to download Alcohol 52%, when you follow the link above, look for the download link at the very bottom of the page)
A direct competitor to Daemon tools, and many rate Alcohol even higher. In general, Alcohol is not inferior to Daemon Tools in terms of functionality: the program can also create virtual disks, emulate them, and burn them.
Why 52% and 120%? It's about the number of options. If in 120% it is possible to create 31 virtual drives, then in 52% - only 6 (although 1-2 is more than enough for me), plus 52% cannot burn images to CD / DVD discs. Well, of course, 52% is free, and 120% is the paid version of the program. But, by the way, at the time of writing, the 120% version is given for 15 days for trial use.
Personally, I have the 52% version installed on my computer. A screenshot of the window is shown below. The main functions are all there, you can quickly make any image and use it. There is also an audio converter, but I have never used it ...
3. Ashampoo Burning Studio Free
Link: https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/7110/burning-software/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-FREE
This is one of the best programs for home use (and free). What can she do?
Work with audio discs, video, create and burn images, create images from files, burn to any (CD / DVD-R and RW) discs, etc.
For example, when working with an audio format, you can:
Create Audio CD;
Create an MP3 disc (https://website/kak-zapisat-mp3-disk/);
Copy music files to disk;
Transfer files from an audio disc to a hard drive in a compressed format.
With video discs, too, more than worthy: Video DVD, Video CD, Super Video CD.
Conclusions:
An excellent harvester, which may well replace a whole range of utilities of this kind. What is called - once installed - and always use. Of the main drawbacks, there is only one: you cannot open images in a virtual drive (it simply does not exist).
4. Nero
Website: http://www.nero.com/rus/products/nero-burning-rom/free-trial-download.php
I could not ignore such a legendary package for burning discs, working with images, and in general, everything related to audio-video files.
With this package, you can do everything: create, burn, erase, edit, convert video-audio (almost any format), even print covers for recordable discs.
Minuses:
A huge package, in which everything you need and do not need, many even 10 parts do not use the program's capabilities;
Paid program (free test is possible for the first two weeks of use);
Heavy load on the computer.
Conclusions:
Personally, I have not used this package for a long time (which has already turned into a big “harvester”). But in general - the program is very worthy, suitable for both beginners and experienced users.
5. ImgBurn
Website: http://imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
The program pleases from the very beginning of acquaintance: the site contains 5-6 links so that any user can easily download it (from whatever country he is). Plus, add to this a dozen or three different languages supported by the program, among which there is Russian.
In principle, even without knowing English, it will not be difficult for even novice users to understand this program. After starting, you will see a window with all the features and functions that the program has. See screenshot below.
Allows you to create images of three types: iso, bin, img.
Conclusions:
Good free software. If you use it in a compartment, for example, with Daemon Tools, then there will be enough opportunities “for the eyes” ...
6. Clone CD/Virtual Clone Drive
Website: http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html
