Top 15 Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

This free program for lets you create a virtual CD drive on your hard disk. The "32k" program load ISO Images (iso), CDFS (cdfs), Joilet (jo), Rock Ridge (rock), UDF (udf), and any standard iso format.
For anyone unfamiliar with the terms 'virtual CD' or 'CD emulator', they mean that you can copy the entire contents of a CD-ROM to your hard disk and run the programs or access the files without the need for the original CD. This can make files more accessible, faster and more convenient. Given the speed and size of today's hard drives, you could easily fit a number of CDs onto your hard drive without noticing the difference. Assuming you had 30 full CDs, these would take around 20GB on a hard drive and all will be accessible after a few clicks of a mouse. ...

1. Gmount ISO

Gmount ISO GMount ISO is a simple tool for Linux that facilitates mounting ISO images as a virtual drive. GMount ISO is a frontend to the mount command and is written using PyGTK and Glade. Virtual disc access rate is about 200 times faster than that of a physical disc. It should......

2. Nero ImageDrive

Nero ImageDrive Nero ImageDrive was a virtual drive utility that allows mounting various disk image files. The drive looked and behaved like an actual drive and allowed you to open and view files and programs.This tool was a part of Nero Platinum suite and it's no longer included since Nero......

3. DAEMON Tools

DAEMON Tools DAEMON Tools Lite is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides one of the best optical media emulation in the industry. You can mount *.mdx, *.mds/*.mdf, *.iso, *.b5t, *.b6t, *.bwt, *.ccd, *.cdi, *.cue, *.nrg, *.pdi, *.isz disc images to a virtual drive. Make .iso, *.mds/*.mdf and *.mdx images of......

4. WinCDEmu

WinCDEmu WinCDEmu is an open-source CD/DVD/BD emulator - a tool that allows you to mount optical disc mages by simply clicking on them in Windows Explorer. If you have downloaded an ISO image and want to use it without burning it to a blank disc, WinCDEmu is the easiest way to......

5. gISOmount

gISOmount gISOMount is a simple graphical interface to enable the mounting of ISO's with ease. Useful for if you are involved with beta testing of isos and need to quickly mount them wo check which version they, or to grab files off isos stored on a HDD.......

6. ImDisk Toolkit

ImDisk Toolkit Here is the ImDisk Toolkit. This all-in-one package includes the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver and several tools and interfaces to mount many formats of image files and make a RamDisk available at Windows startup.......

7. Gizmo Drive

Gizmo Drive Gizmo Drive v2.7.7• Mount ISO, BIN, CUE, NRG files to a virtual CD-ROM drive• Mount VHD files, used with Microsoft Virtual PC• Mount password protected images to a virtual hard drive• Encrypt HD images using a passphrase• Protect vital files from hackers using encrypted HD images• Mount IMG files to......

8. Furius ISO Mount

Furius ISO Mount Furius ISO Mount is a simple Gtk+ Interface to Mount ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image files without burning to disk. An ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image management utility for the Gnome Desktop Environment.FeaturesAutomatically Mounts ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image Files.Automatically creates a mount point......

9. ToastMount

ToastMount Roxio Toast 5 and 6 for Mac OS X provide an extension to load a cd image (.iso) as a virtual drive on your desktop.This is NOT the same as mounting with Disk Image Helper. Any normal application will see the disk as a real drive and you......

10. HttpDisk

HttpDisk HttpDisk is a virtual disk driver for Windows (32/64-bit) that uses HTTP to mount disk or CD/DVD images from a web server. It doesn't need administrative privileges.......

11. Virtual CloneDrive

Virtual CloneDrive Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files of various formats (.iso, .bin, etc) can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a......

12. mount-gtk

mount-gtk This program is a front end for udisks and mount. It provides a means of mounting devices with udisks through a graphical interface.......

13. MagicISO

MagicISO MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file creating/editing/extracting tool. It can open / create / edit /extract CD/DVD image files, and it can convert bin to iso and back, as well as make ISO file from DVD/CD-ROM or hard disk, and handle bootable information at meanwhile.MagicISO can also create and......

14. StarBurn

StarBurn StarBurn is a free and powerful tool that allows its users to grab, burn and master CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. The program supports all types of optical storage media (including CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, BD-R/RE, HD-DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM) and a wide variety of burning hardware.The program is really easy to......

15. FuseISO

FuseISO FuseISO is a FUSE module to mount ISO filesystem images (.iso, .nrg, .bin, .mdf and .img files). It currently support plain ISO9660 Level 1 and 2, Rock Ridge, Joliet, and zisofs.......