Gradually, DVD and CD media go back, leaving their place of memory cards and USB devices. However, there are still many programs and games that disk require for their installation. What to do users who do not have an optical drive in a laptop or computer? To help you will come to work with disk images, for example, one of the most popular is the name of Daemon Tools. In it, you can deceive the system and create a virtual drive, write the boot CD and USB, create images yourself, mount them to view content. This program has a lot of versions, most of them are distributed free of charge. Learn to use Daemon Tools and select your version of the program using this article.
What version of Daemon Tools to choose and how to install it
Go to the official website of the link on the link https://www.daemon-tools.cc.
At the bottom of you will see a small list of products under the word "Products". You can highlight the main:
- Lite version - designed for all users of the computer whose needs do not go beyond the listed above. This version of Daemon Tools is simple, but has many features, it is recommended for installation and will be disassembled in this article.
- Pro is a professional program that will hardly be understood by the inexperienced PC user.
- Ultra - the capabilities and complexity of this version are between Lite and Pro, but it will not be needed to you if you do not work with disks constantly.
- Mac version is designed for Apple computers.
Click on Daemon Tools Lite and click "Download" to download the free version.
- Software installation is sufficient and will not cause questions.
- After installing Daemon Tools appears on your desktop and in the Start pane. Go to the program.
- Now you are ready to work with images and discs, as well as some other features of the program.
How to mount the image in Daemon Tools and see its contents
Often you could meet files with the extension of ISO, which did not want to open and demanded the installation of Daemon Tools. This file is an image of a real physical disk, which records any data: games or programs. It is here that you can mount it and see what is recorded on it.
- Start Daemon Tools.
- Open the folder in which the image is located.
- Click on it twice.
- Now look at the program again - the image will already be mounted below.
- You can mount multiple images at the same time and all of them will be displayed from the bottom in the form of blue icons.
- Click twice this icon.
- The image will start, and the installation of the program will begin. Now you know what to do with ISO files to run them.
How to create a new image in Daemon Tools
In the "New Image" tab, all functions are available to create your own ISO file.
- "Create a disk image" - a function that helps you make an image and an existing physical disk. You will need to just insert a disk into the computer, the program itself believes.
- "Audio CD" - creating music discs for listening to players, such as audio in the car, DVD players.
- "Create a Data Image" - this is the creation of a image file from ordinary folders and files on your computer.
- "Convert Image" - Converter Daemon Tools between ISO, MDX, MDS formats.
- On the example of the Create Image tab, you can see how the program is easy to work easily.
- In the lower line, select the format, preferably, ISO. In the "Save How" field, specify the image saving directory.
- Find the plus icon at the top of the window and add the files to be placed in the image.
How to burn an image on a disk in Daemon Tools
- This procedure is often needed when you need to install the software from the disk. Prepare your ISO file and go to the "burning disks" tab.
- Here you can record not only images, but also regular files as built-in tools.
- The window is no different from what you saw above. You also need to add files through the plus icon and insert the disk into the computer.
Working with USB in Daemon Tools
You have two functions:
- Creating a bootable USB.
- Setting the password on the USB flash drive.
The first is often needed when you reinstall the system, and there is no disk at hand. The second way will protect your medium from curious eyes. Both procedures are quite simple and do not take much time.
Setting up Daemon Tools.
- To set some parameters of the program, click on the gear in the lower left corner.
- All tabs are important parameters that are better to configure under your needs. These include the language of Daemon Tools, downloading a program with the system, port.
- Now you can easily create and mount images.
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