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MeercatMeercat Posts: 1,115
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Please can someone recommend the best free virtual drive emulator.

Thank You

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,807
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    I use magic ISO for virtual disk drives
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    another recommendation for magic iso
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    flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    They're all the same. I use daemon tools
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,807
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    may have a look at deamon tools
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    psionicpsionic Posts: 20,188
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    I've often used MagicDisc in the past and it works well. Interestingly it's no longer required for Windows 8, as mounting virtual disk images is a built-in feature of the OS.
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    noise747noise747 Posts: 30,857
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    I use virtual CD, it can cope with most image files.

    Mine is getting on now, but still works with windows 8 ok.
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    slackereconomyslackereconomy Posts: 685
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    daemon tools lite works well for me
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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    Meercat wrote: »
    Please can someone recommend the best free virtual drive emulator.

    Thank You

    As mentioned above, Windows 8 will mount an .iso natively, if that's what you are after. Works a treat too (but I still hate and hide Metro :cool: )
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    whoever,heywhoever,hey Posts: 30,992
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    d'@ve wrote: »
    As mentioned above, Windows 8 will mount an .iso natively, if that's what you are after. Works a treat too (but I still hate and hide Metro :cool: )

    I thought win7 did too. Before then i used deamon tools.
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    flagpoleflagpole Posts: 44,641
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    News to me if it does.
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    DarkestHourDarkestHour Posts: 1,380
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    whoever,hey wrote: »
    I thought win7 did too. Before then i used deamon tools.

    Nope, just Windows 8.

    I used Daemon Tools Lite in the past - be careful with all of the crap it tries to install with it though.
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    MeercatMeercat Posts: 1,115
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    Thanks All :)
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    whoever,heywhoever,hey Posts: 30,992
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    flagpole wrote: »
    News to me if it does.

    ah ok, i've not needed mounted isos for a while now.
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    alan1302alan1302 Posts: 6,336
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    psionic wrote: »
    Interestingly it's no longer required for Windows 8, as mounting virtual disk images is a built-in feature of the OS.

    I didn't know Windows 8 did that - I've learnt something today - cheers mate :D

    I used to use Power ISO - won't bother now! LOL
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    noise747noise747 Posts: 30,857
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    alan1302 wrote: »
    I didn't know Windows 8 did that - I've learnt something today - cheers mate :D

    I used to use Power ISO - won't bother now! LOL

    Windows 8 does, well sort of. i got a couple of ISO files it spits out and will not reconise for some reason and yet Virtual Cd will and deamon tools used to before I started to use Virtual Cd.

    So that feature on windows 8 is disabled here.
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