Mounting ISO Images with Vista

After installing Vista this weekend I started searching for a good tool for mounting ISO images. This is actually one of the few head-scratching moment I've had with Vista so far - why didn't they bake this in?

I tried several that either didn't install, didn't work, or were in some way flaky. Finally I found a post from Arian Kulp on Virtual CloneDrive from Elby.

Virtual CloneDrive is a free utility to mount ISO images on Windows (including Vista). One thing I really liked was that it associates itself with the ISO images so you can simply right-click on a .ISO file and mount it directly.

16 Comments

  • As mentioned by Chyld, Daemon Tools is amongst the most popular means of mounting ISO under Windows... I can confirm that it works under Vista.

  • WinRAR will extract the contents of an ISO - just as if it was a zip archive.

  • Check my blog for step by step installation.

    Though I have given it for Vista RC2 it is true with RTM also.

  • Can confirm latest Daemon Tools also works on Vista x64, CloneDrive it would seem does not.

  • WinRAR wont correctly deal with UDF ISOs....

  • Daemon Tools does not associate itself with an ISO and thus is lacking a major feature that I need in Virtual CloneDrive. My 5 year old uses disk images for her movies and games and runs them by just clicking links to the ISO files on her desktop. This works great with Virtual CloneDrive, but not with Daemon Tools.

  • Daemon Tools has a new 'feature' in that it connects back 'home' stealthly so I would need to classify this as SpyWare.

  • this product DOES NOT work in vista as all they hype claims

  • Virtual clone drive crashes my system it work great when installed but when you restart nothing but blue screens, is this a common problem with vista?

  • Do not attempt to install VirtualCloneDrive on the final version of vista, as a few have already mentioned it WILL bluescreen and crash your system, had to use system disk to run a restore.

    I also tried the lastest versions of MagicISO and daemon tools both also do not work on the final version of vista.

    Still looking for a working tool to mount image files in vista...

  • I;ve installed Vista 32-bit Home Premiume. I've used VirtualCloneDrive on its for a couple of .ISO mounts. It hans't created any BSODs and its worked pretty well for me so far.

    I've yet to try Daemon Tools, and won't do so until VirtualCloneDrive can't do something it should be able to do and I'm really deperate to mount the image.

    I installed Alcohol on Vista and it just refused to mount anything. Its a pity because it is an excellent program on XP.

  • I just installed the latest version of Daemon Tools on Vista Ultimate 64 bit. When I mount an image it practically freezes everything and I can't shut down. Mouse pointer moves but can't click anything.

  • Daemon Tools now requires ad programs to run alongside it. Not good. Daemon Tools does work excellent under Vista but the additional program that must run with causes issues with AV prgrams and is annoying.

  • "This is actually one of the few head-scratching moment I've had with Vista so far - why didn't they bake this in?"

    You'll have a lot of other head-scratching moments using Vista ;-)))

  • Daemon Tools does not work on Windows Vista...on installation .. the windows (32 bit) crashes.... and a blue colored screen (BSOD) appears... for safe mounting..use win RAR ... but i am unsure about WINRAR dealing with UDF ISOs....

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