Freeware of the Moment – Mounting virtual CDs with free PowerToy

By James Kendrick | Monday, August 15, 2005 | 9:05 AM CT | 4 comments | Tweet This

Microsoft has a free PowerToy that does not show up anywhere on the Microsoft Download Center yet provides a simple way to mount ISO images. The Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for Windows XP will mount a number of CD image formats, including the popular ISO, as a virtual CD drive making it possible to use data on CDs even on any computer that does not have an optical drive. The utility is unsupported but I have been using it with no problems.

(via Digg)

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Comments (4)

I use Daemon Tools, which lets you circumvent certain DRM restrictions on CDs. Handy when your computer doesn’t have a built-in optical drive.

Andy Lin — 3:27 AM on August 15, 2005 Reply
I second that about Daemon Tools. It’s free, it’s very easy to set up, and it’s been around alot longer so I trust it more. Plus it has a cooler name.

Josh Einstein — 3:47 AM on August 15, 2005 Reply
cool I still have this iso file of that star wars fan film as an iso here but am unable to burn it to a dvd – now i will probably be able to see it

Nicole Simon — 5:22 AM on August 15, 2005 Reply
Great find. Thanks.

Warner Crocker — 5:39 AM on August 15, 2005 Reply