Thursday, September 10, 2009

How to work with .ISO files in windows - MagicDisc

This post will help you to install software from .ISO images using a tool MagicDisc without burning them to any CD/DVD and also to use the tool without installing MagicISO

This tool supports both x86 and x64 along with all versions of windows including Windows 7 [i have tried it and it does work with no problem] and it is very small in size can be downloaded from http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm
Installation is simple enough and you should not face any issues. After setup you will notice a CD icon in system tray; just right click the icon and select the 2nd top option "Set Number of Drives" and select 1; you can choose more than 1 also if you want
After that windows will add a virtual CD/DVD Drive and give the next available drive label then right click again and select the first option on top "Virtual CD/DVD ROM" and you would see new Drive; just select it and choose "Mount" as you see in below snapshot


A window will come from where you can select the location of the .ISO image and thats it you are done. You can access the newly added .ISO image as another drive in your machine
The last step that you should do is to unmount the drive so that it frees the system resources.


Hope this is helpful.