How to mount a disk image

If you do not buy a program or game on disk, you can always download it from the Internet. As a rule, they are distributed through images of disks, with which not everyone can and knows how to work. This is what will be discussed later.

A disk image is a file that contains a virtual copy of the physical device, it can have one of the following extensions: * .iso, * .cue, * .mds, * .btw, * .mdf, * .nrg, * .ccd. And here many are faced with the question: how to mount a disk image? The use of virtual electronic implies the use of a virtual drive, which is oriented to work with the file you have selected.

How to mount a disk image and what is needed for this

First of all, you will need the image file itself and special programs Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%. Now you need to find your file and run it with a double click on the mouse pointer (provided that it is recognized by the system).

Now you should download and install the software product Daemon Tools, which is aimed at emulating discs. It is important to know that the program is distributed in two variations of Lite (free) and Pro (paid). If you do not intend to do something special with this program, then it is quite enough for you to use the free version available for downloading via the Internet. After you install the application, you are much closer to the answer to the question of how to mount a disk image.

Find the shortcut of the program on the screen, right click, then in the appeared menu stop on the point "Emulation". Then select "All options ON", then go to Virtual CD / DVD ROM. Now you need to specify "Drive 0: [X:] Empty", and then select the disk image to be opened in a new window called "Select image". Then you need to click "Open", which will be the confirmation of the command execution, and now it is necessary to go to the system main menu "Start". You already almost know how to mount an image of a disk, since all subsequent actions are for you familiar, because you produce them when working with regular disks. This option is quite simple and convenient.

How to mount a disk image with the application Alcohol 120%

First, you should download and install the specified software product on your computer. Now you need to start it and go to the "Settings" item. Next, you need to specify the number of drives you need in the special line "Number of virtual disks", and then you should check the boxes on the special fields below. After clicking on the "Ok" button, you can drag the disk image you downloaded to the application window. Now you need to call the context menu of your mounted object, then specify the special command "Mount to device". Now the game you need will start to be installed in automatic mode.

Working with disk images iso

A very popular image format is iso. To install such a program, you will need an already described software product called Daemon Tools. Now with this application you need to open your image, which will simulate the location of your disk drive. After clicking the right mouse button on the label, you must select an empty drive. After that we find the iso image on our computer, click "Open". When it is mounted in a virtual drive, you have autorun triggered, after which control is transferred to the new program, that is, the installation. If you have disabled autorun, then you can manually open the disc yourself.

As you can see, there is absolutely nothing complicated in the process of mounting the image, with which you could not cope. In this issue, the main thing is to do as described above, and if something is not completely clear, you can always use the search engine to find the answer to the question of interest.