Windows: 8 How to mount ISO images

[SamRobbie]

The test versions of Windows 8 already had a good idea of ??how the new Microsoft operating system will work. Thus, some tools rather simple, but useful, were added and should make your life easier.

 

With the option "Mount", available in Windows Explorer (WE) of the new OS, you can automatically create a virtual disk drive that can read ISO image files. These images usually created from CDs or DVDs, formerly required a unique application installed on the PC, which became obsolete thing.

 

First way

Basically, there are two very simple ways to mount an ISO image in WE. The first is using the context menu of the file in question.

 

To do this, find the ISO image you want to open and click it with the right mouse button. Then select the "Install" from the context menu.

 

 

 

Thus, you can check out all the content in this file without burning it to a CD / DVD or install any other tool on the computer.

 

Second Form

There is also an alternative to replace the procedure described above. So, find the ISO file that will be used and click once on the item to just select it. Now, in WE, search and click the "Manage" and then choose "Install" in the upper left of the window.

 

 

 

Performing any of these procedures, WE should open a window showing the contents of your ISO image automatically. Otherwise, the system chooses the next available letter to name the virtual drive. Thus, if you already own the albums "C" and "D", the unit will become ISO "E".

 

Changing the unit's name

However, to perform some procedures, you need a specific letter in the disk drive. In such cases, you can change the name by following the next steps.

 

First, look for the icon "Computer" on WE and click it with the right mouse button. Then choose "Manage".

 

 

 

Now, on the left sidebar of the open window, select "Disk Management". After that, look for the unit in question in the list representing the disks connected to your PC and click it right. Now, select "Change Drive Letter and Paths ...".

 

 

By doing so, a small window will appear. Select "Change" and then confime "OK". Soon after this window, another appears. In it, click "Assign the following ..." and then choose the required letter.

 

 

 

Note: this functionality is native in Windows 8 and only in their trial versions. Thus, you can only get those results in Windows 7 using applications such as Daemon Tools.

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[Lion23]

Thanks for info.