Best disk drive emulation software for Windows. (Daemon tools)

Member Name: sharkofmirkwood

Product:	Daemon tools
Date:	30/07/09 (38 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast, doesn't hinder CPU performance, easy to install, there's a free version available.

Disadvantages: Non that I can think of.

I've been using DAEMON Tools ever since the first time I received a '.iso' file and didn't know what to do with it.
Daemon Tools is a program for Windows that allows you to create '.iso' and '.mds' images, and emulate CD, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray disk drives.

There are a few different versions of Daemon Tools, but I find that the 'Lite' version (which, contrary to the other two versions, is free), has more than enough features for me.
I mainly use Daemon Tools for mounting images of disks that I've backed up to my computer. Anything can be mounted as long as it's contained in a '.iso' image file, including games, movies, music albums, data...

I've tried using a few other programs to mount image files, but none of them are as fast as as Daemon Tools, and most other programs seem to use a lot of my laptop's RAM and slow down the computer. Daemon Tools, however, is always running in the background without having an affect on the performance of my computer.

Especially considering the fact that it's got a free version, I would definitely recommend Daemon Tools over any other software designed to emulate disk drives.

Summary: Excellent little piece of software! :)

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