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<p class=MsoNormal>The two most commonly used windows ISO mounting tools out
there, daemon tools and virtual clonedrive, are not legal to use for free in a
commercial environment, etc. They're restricted to a single computer with
a single person, for personal uses only. Reports of spyware/adware etc
are also undesirable.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I just spent the effort to really extensively look around
and evaluate the whole scene. And here's the conclusion:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Use this: This one is actually free (GPL and BSD)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html#ImDisk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>ImDisk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>After running the installer, you
need to set the drive to auto-load on vista & win7.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>open cmd prompt with admin privs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>sc config imdisk start= auto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>net start imdisk<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>After completed, you can find the
utility under Control Panel<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is also legitimately free, opensource, but they retain
no copyright notice, so it's sketchy:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>WinCDEmu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Very useful information:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_image_software<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>XP ISO Mounting Tool<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>doesn't work in Vista + 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>All are commercial "free" software (not actually
free):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>daemontools<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>alcohol-soft<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>magiciso<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>virtual clonedrive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>poweriso<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>ultraiso<o:p></o:p></p>
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